新野县樊集乡宅基管理新举措：引入司法见证

自2006年3月起，新野县樊集乡村民建房纷纷要求办理一份司法见证书，这是该乡国土所为加强农村宅基地管理，减少宅基纠纷而采取的新举措。截至目前，已有52户村民办理了农村宅基地司法见证书。     

陈化店国土资源所“五严禁”加强廉政建设

鄢陵县陈化店国土资源所在支持新农村建设工作中，采取积极措施，制定“五严禁”，不断完善和加强党风廉政建设，树立了良好的基层干部形象。     

双鸭山市举行首次征地听证会

双鸭山市国土资源局严格履行法定程序，切实保护被征地农村集体经济组织和农户的知情权，日前，该市举行了首次征地听证会。     

用科学发展观统领“国土资源”报道

人口资源环境工作，是强国富民安天下的大事。中共中央连续多年召开人口资源环境工作座谈会，对节约资源、保护环境、人与自然和谐共存、实现资源永续利用做出了战略决策。随着社会经济的快速发展，资源需求日益增长，处理资源保护与经济发展之间关系的难度越来越大，政府对市场运作的调控和高效配置等都面临着复杂的新课题。及时反映国土资源工作的新进展，与时俱进地回答实际工作提出的新问题，需要记者运用科学发展观才能做出正确的舆论导向。     

加大土地整理开发力度为我省经济社会可持续发展作出新贡献

充分肯定我省土地整理开发工作取得的成效 在各级党委、政府的正确领导下,在省耕地保护和造地改田领导小组成员单位的大力配合支持下,我省土地整理和标准农田建设取得了显著成绩.至2004年底,全省通过土地整理等方式建成标准农田1194.38万亩,新增耕地达182.07万亩,为我省连续9年实现耕地占补平衡提供了重要保障.核拨土地整理折抵指标131.09万亩,使用折抵指标批准的耕地104.26万亩,占全部批准建设占用耕地179.27万亩的58%,大大缓解了我省建设用地计划指标严重不足的矛盾.同时,通过土地整理和标准农田建设,提高了耕地质量,改善了农业生产条件.通过农村居民点综合整治,改善了农村的交通环境、生态环境、生活居住环境,开辟了村级集体经济收入财源,壮大了村级经济,为村民办了一些实事、好事,既调动了基层干部的工作积极性,又增强了村级班子的凝聚力,促进了农村基层建设.     

我局是如何强化基层所建设的

太康县位于豫东平原，是一个典型的农业大县、财政穷县。全县总人口131．9万人，其中农业人口115．8万人，耕地面积171．4万亩，人均耕地约1．3亩，低于全国人均耕地平均数。因而切实保护耕地，合理利用土地资源对太康经济发展至关重要。1999年，太康县将原属于乡（镇）管理的国土所上收，实现了县、乡土地管理机构垂直管理，并且在理顺体制和提高素质上狠下功夫，较好地发挥了基层国土资源所的作用。     

维护农民合法权益促进农民增加收入

国土资源部门是涉农部门。土地是农民的命根子，为“三农”服务特别是维护农民土地权益、促进农民增收，是国土资源部门义不容辞的职责。回顾总结了近年来这方面的工作，指出了今后一个时期国土资源部门为“三农”服务的方向。     

The Role of Aga Khan Rural Support Programme in Rural Development in the Karakorum, Hindu Kush ＆ Himalayan Region： Examples from the Northern Mountainous Belt of Pakistan

Pakistan is predominantly a mountainous country where rural development activities are characterised by inconsistency, politically motivated short-term projects without proper feedback. Since the inception of the country, the top-down approach has been followed, and the same development plans that were formulated for the plain areas have been extended to the mountains without any modification. In doing so, neither the participation of the local communities was cared for, nor the mountain specificities were considered in the planning process. Moreover, the representation of the local inhabitants was improper and contradictory to the facts. This biased approach has been one of the main causes for the failure of development projects carried out by different agencies of the Government. Contrary to the perception of the state authorities, the mountain communities proved to be more open to accept new approaches and demonstrated the capacity and capability of being a dependable development partner. In this paper, a detailed account of the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme （AKRSP） has been presented to assess and evaluate the approach followed by this non-governmental organisation （NGO）, and the response of the local inhabitants as collaborators in the development process. The achievements of the AKRSP from project planning, implementation and monitoring can be adopted as a model for rural development not only in the plains, but also in the mountainous areas of the developing countries in the world.     

APPLICATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL PARAMETER DATABASE TO ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIT POPULATION DATABASE

Now GIS is turning into a good tool in handling geographical, economical, and population data, so we can obtain more and more information from these data. On the other hand, in some cases, for a calamity, such as hurricane, earthquake, flood, drought etc., or a decision-making, such as setting up a broadcasting transmitter, building a chemical plant etc., we have to evaluate the total population in the region influenced by a calamity or a project. In this paper, a method is put forward to evaluate the population in such special region. Through exploring the correlation of geographical parameters and the distribution of people in the same region by means of quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis, unit population database (1km× 1km) is established. In this way, estimating the number of people in a special region is capable by adding up the population in every grid involved in this region boundary. The geographical parameters are obtained from topographic database and DEM database on the scale of