Assessment Map of Ecosystem Rehabilitation and Protection

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research in Beijing, China, focuses its research on physical geography and global change, human geography and regional development, natural resources and environmental security, geo information mechanism and system simulation, water cycle and related land surface processes, ecosystem network observation and modeling, and agricultural policies.

The map details presented here are part of a sustainable planning system based on geospatial data. The system was published as the Sustainable Development Assessment Atlas of Guyuan District. The planning system includes such planning sectors as ecosystems, agriculture, health, traffic, and tourism and comprises more than fifty maps. For each planning sector, the resources are assessed according to their quality, quantity, functions, and sensitivity with the results shown as assessment maps.

The examples presented here are details of assessment maps for the planning sector ecosystems. The geospatial information includes the distribution of the current land use, the status of degradation, important natural ecosystems, and legally protected areas. Digital terrain model areas of slopes steeper than 25 degrees were extracted to mark areas not suitable for cultivation. Areas with slopes facing north were extracted to identify areas recommended for forest development.

Courtesy of the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS.

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