WISE EXPLOITATION OF NEWLY GROWING LAND RESOURCES——An Assessment on Land—use Change of Chongming Island Using GIS

Chongming Island, the third largest island in China and the largest alluvial island in the world, is situated in the north of Shanghai Municipality at the mouth of the Changjiang (Yangtze) River. Along the fertile and prosperous sea coast there are a total area of over 120×10³ha, with a population of 735 000, accruing some 500ha of new tidal land resources come from silt, sand and mud carried by the Changjiang River every year, extending about 140m per year. This dynamic process of alluvial growth has run for some 1500 years. Mudflat on Chongming Island at the mouth of the Changjiang River is a resting ground for migratory birds and host more than a hundred species, including rare cranes and geese. But the local people keep reclaiming the tidal land for economic development. Obviously, it is crucial to have a well-concerted plan for future exploitation. In this study, we attempted to investigate the status changes of land use and wild life habitats on Chongming Island in recent 10 years, and then analyzed different human activities and their effects on wild life habitats using satellite image data (1990, 1997 and 2000) as well as field survey. Based on the analysis, this study explored the relationships between island growth and land use/cover change (LUCC), predicted what the habitat would be like in the future and tried to find more effective use of this new growing resource. At last, this study provided some preliminary management plans for Chongming Island that will coordinate the development of local economies and the conservation of wild life and their habitats. Foundation item: Supported by WWF (World Wildlife Fund) China Program (CN0079.08). Biography: ZHAO Bin (1969 - ), male, a native of Hubei Province, Ph. D., specialized in landscape ecology and biodiversity information system management.     

民心工程得民爱

11月14日上午10点,尉氏县国土资源局办公楼前,一阵鞭炮齐鸣后,只见一群人手托镶着"开垦方寸土,留予子孙耕"字样的锦旗,赠送给了国土资源局.究竟是什么事情感动了这些群众呢?     

甘宁蒙陕农牧交错区不宜大规模开垦

通过对甘宁蒙陕农牧交错区的自然特征和生态功能、人类活动对该区环境的影响、水资源状况、国内外开垦草原的教训等方面的分析、论证,说明该区不宜大规模开垦,并提出该区生态保护与建设的对策。     

Analysis of soil biogeochemical characteristics in the process of karst rocky desertification

The sampling method of karst soil is always the one used for non-karst area. However, if the samples can represent the plot, it still needs further investigation due to high degree of spatial variability of karst soil. The study results of soil from the Maolan karst virgin forest in Guizhou Province elucidated that only the surface area-weighted samples could represent plot soils in the karst ecosystem. The remediation of karst rocky desertification has currently become a national issue, but soil degradation research on rocky desertification genesis types and processes is still insufficient. Soil physical, chemical, biological characteristics and enzymes activities from plots of different rocky desertification genesis types and grades in the Cha＇eryan catchment in the Huajiang Gorge area, Guizhou, were studied. The results showed that woodcutting and land reclamation influenced soil biogeochemical characteristics, and the influence of different disturbing ways was huge. The author suggested a soil degradation index system which could illustrate the rocky desertification genesis type and extent. The degraded modes of woodcutting and reclamation sequence were different, both had no synchronism with rocky desertification grades divided by current landscape index. Only soil of serious grade degraded evidently in wood cutting sequence. On the contrary, soils of slight, medium and serious grades degraded evidently in the reclamation sequence.     

开垦对荒漠土壤微生物群落结构特征的影响

以古尔班通古特沙漠南缘典型流域（玛纳斯河、吉木萨尔河、三工河、四工河、水磨河）的绿洲农田与毗邻荒漠土壤为研究对象,采用磷脂脂肪酸（PLFA）方法分析不同开垦年限的土壤微生物生物量、群落结构、多样性变化特征。结果表明：荒漠开垦后,土壤微生物总PLFA含量、真菌PLFA、细菌PLFA、革兰氏阳性菌（G⁺）和革兰氏阴性菌（G^-）PLFA含量均显著增加。荒漠开垦5 a内,细菌PLFA与G^-PLFA增长更强烈,使得真菌PLFA/细菌PLFA比值降低了48%,G⁺PLFA/G^-PLFA比值（革兰氏阳性菌与革兰氏阴性菌的PLFA比值）降低了67%。但随着开垦年限的延长,这两个比值没有显著变化,表明与开垦年限相比,荒漠的开垦行为对土壤微生物群落结构有着更加强烈的影响。随着开垦年限的增加,土壤微生物群落多样性总体呈上升趋势。虽然荒漠在开垦50 a后多样性指数略有下降,但仍远高于荒漠土壤。土壤微生物总PLFA含量和大部分菌群PLFA含量与土壤电导率显著负相关,与全氮和有机碳显著正相关。荒漠在开垦过程中灌溉增加了土壤水分且降低了土壤盐分,全氮和有机碳含量增加,这些改变是土壤微生物群落变化的主要原因。荒漠开垦有助于提高土壤微生物PLFA含量、改善土壤微生物的群落结构、丰富土壤微生物群落多样性,有利于土壤质量的提高。     

开垦对高寒草甸土壤有机碳影响的初步研究

在中国科学院海北高寒草甸生态系统定位站地区,选择高寒草甸开垦后形成的一年生人工草地作为研究对象,开垦年限分别为0、1、11、16和20年,利用土壤有机碳密度分组法,进行了0~40cm土层土壤有机碳及不同组分（轻组有机碳,重组有机碳）含量及随开垦年限变化关系的研究。结果表明：高寒草甸开垦后其土壤有机碳的变化主要发生在0~10cm土层,土壤中SOC、LFOC和HFOC呈下降趋势,至20年时分别下降了10.5 %、26.7%、8.1 %,主要原因为当地较为强烈的风蚀作用、耕作侵蚀和开垦加剧了表层（0 ~10cm）土壤有机质的氧化分解,表层土壤中的粗有机物质在降水淋溶作用下,在土体下部重新淀积。而0 ~40 cm土体内,SOC、LFOC和HFOC略有增加,开垦20年,他们的累积速率分别为0.08 t C·hm-2·yr-1、0.07 t C·hm-2·yr-1、0.14 t C·hm-2·yr-1。人工草地长期种植虽然没有改变高寒草甸作为碳汇的基本功能,但却大大降低了其碳汇效应,植物-土壤系统年固定碳量由未开垦前的7.38t C·hm-2·yr-1下降至6.89 t C·hm-2·yr-1。