简介:ThispaperhighlightstheresearchanddevelopmentactivitiesbeingdoneonurbanforestryinthePhilippines.TherolethatR&Dplaysinurbanforestryislikewisediscussedintheintroduction.Recommendedtreespeciesforurbanplantingarepresentedincludingtheircharacteristicsanddistribution.Researchesrelatedtourbanforestrybeingconductedarelistedwithashortdescriptionofeachproject.Developmentactivitiesonurbanforestryarelikewisediscussed.Finally,recommendedR&DagendaandresearchableareasbasedonthePhilippineAgenda21andtheDepartmentofEnvironmentandNaturalResources(DENR)R&DFrameworkarepresented.
简介:ThehistoricaltransitionoftimberdistributionpatterninChinawaspresentedfirstlywithmainpartsoftimberflowsinChina,whichincludedtimbermarkets,timbertransportsystemandregulationsoftimbertransport.BasedontheoverviewontropicaltimberflowsinChina,thetradeflowsoftropicaltimberfromproductionandimportsoftropicaltimbertoexportoftropicaltimberproductswereanalyzedbyvividillustrations.Atthesametime,problemsintimbertradeflowsinChinawereanalysedintheend.
简介:Inaviewofnaturalconditionsofestablishingnaturereserve,anindexsystemwaspreparedforquantitativeassessmentonstatusofendangeredspecies,andthusdegreeofendangeredspeciesinTibetwasevaluated.Takingasub-ecozoneasbasicunit,top5animalsand1plantwithhighEaswellasthenumberofspeciesineachunitwereenumerated;andthedegreeoflandutilizationwasfiguredout.Afterward,weselected6coefficients,assignedweight,andframedformulatoreckonproportionofnaturereserve,thusanareaofnaturereserveineachsub-ecozonewasobtained.In5schemesofweightassignment,aschemewithmediumareaofnaturereservewasselected.Allsub-ecozoneswereclassifiedinto4gradespriorconservation,1wasingradeA,2ingradeB,2ingradeC,and11ingradeD.Totalplannedareawasapproximately365135km2,about48834km2smallerthantheactualareaof413969km2,ratioofnaturereserveinTibetdiminishesfrom34.4%to30.38%.Basedon3factorsofhumandisturbance,ratioofbuffer-experimentalzoneinproposednaturereservewascalculated.Itwasdemonstratedthatexistingsizeofnaturereservesisexcessiveonthewhole,andtheirdistributionisnotreasonableentirely.Thesizeofnaturereservesin3sub-ecozonesofnorthernChangtangshoulddecrease,anddecrementofareaisapportionedamongother13sub-ecozoneswhichshouldincreasenaturereserve.HeterogeneityofregionaldistributionofrarespeciesinTibetisquiteobvious,soproposedareadistributionofnaturereservesismorescatteredthantheexisting.
简介:Background:Monitoringforesthealthandbiomassforchangesovertimeintheglobalenvironmentrequirestheprovisionofcontinuoussatelliteimages.However,opticalimagesoflandsurfacesaregenerallycontaminatedwhencloudsarepresentorrainoccurs.Methods:Toestimatetheactualreflectanceoflandsurfacesmaskedbycloudsandpotentialrain,3DsimulationsbytheRAPIDradiativetransfermodelwereproposedandconductedonaforestfarmdominatedbybirchandlarchinGenheCity,DaXing’AnLingMountaininInnerMongolia,China.Thecanopyheightmodel(CHM)fromlidardatawereusedtoextractindividualtreestructures(location,height,crownwidth).Fieldmeasurementsrelatedtreeheighttodiameterofbreastheight(DBH),lowestbranchheightandleafareaindex(LAI).SeriesofLandsatimageswereusedtoclassifytreespeciesandlandcover.MODISLAIproductswereusedtoestimatetheLAIofindividualtrees.CombiningalltheseinputvariablestodriveRAPID,high-resolutionopticalremotesensingimagesweresimulatedandvalidatedwithavailablesatelliteimages.Results:Evaluationsonspatialtexture,spectralvaluesanddirectionalreflectancewereconductedtoshowcomparableresults.Conclusions:Thestudyprovidesaproof-of-conceptapproachtolinklidarandMODISdataintheparameterizationofRAPIDmodelsforhightemporalandspatialresolutionsofimagereconstructioninforestdominatedareas.
简介:Themodernizationandinformatizationmanagementofancientandfamoustrees’managementisanimportantstandardwithwhichthemunicipalpublicresourcemanagementlevelofaregionorcitycanbemeasured.Designanddevelopmentofancientandfamoustrees’three-dimensionalmanagementinformationsystemwasrealizedbasedonvirtualplantbyusingintegratedtechniquesofvirtualplantsandGeographicInformationSystem.Thesystemarchitecturedesignwasdevelopedonthebasisoffunctionalrequirements,andthepracticalsystemwasachievedinVisualStudio2008developmenttoolsandOpenGLgraphicsstandards.Thesystemhasfunctionofancienttreesarchivesmanagement,three-dimensionalreconstructionofthetreessurroundingenvironment,individualtreeinformationinquiryinthree-dimensionalscene,etc.Applicationanddisseminationofthissystemwillgreatlypromotethemanagementandprotectionofancientandfamoustreesstandardization,informalizationandvisualization
简介:TheratesofsoilNmineralizationatsoildepthsof0-15,15-30,30-45and45-0cmandmoistureregimesweremeasuredatthreesand-fixationplantationsofPinussylve.strisvar.mongolicabylaboratoryaerobicincubationmethod.TheresultsshowedthataverageratesofsoilnetN-mineralizationacrosssoildepthvariedfrom1.06to7.52mg~kg1.monthqatsoildepthsfrom0to60cm.Statisticalanalysesindicatedthattheeffectsofdifferentsoildepths,moisturesandtheirinteractionsonnetN-mineralizationratesweresignificant(P<0.05).ThenetN-mineralizationratessignificantlydecreasedwithincreasingsoildepthsandatdepth0-15cmaccountedfor60.52%ofthatatdepthof0-50cm.TherewasnodifferenceinsoilnetN-mineralizationratesbetweenhalfandfully-saturatedwatertreatments,howevertheseratesweresubstantiallyhigherthanthatwithoutwatertreatment(P<0.05).ThefactorsinfluencingNmineralizationprocesshavetobestudiedfurtherinthesesemiaridpineecosystems.