Key issues and research priorities in landscape ecology: An idiosyncratic synthesis

Landscape ecology has made tremendous progress in recent decades, but as a rapidly developing discipline it is faced with new problems and challenges. To identify the key issues and research priorities in landscape ecology, a special session entitled “Top 10 List for Landscape Ecology in the 21st Century” was organized at the 16th Annual Symposium of the US Regional Association of International Association of Landscape Ecology, held at Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona, USA) during April 25–29, 2001. A group of leading landscape ecologists were invited to present their views. This paper is intended to be a synthesis, but not necessarily a consensus, of the special session. We have organized the diverse and wide-ranging perspectives into six general key issues and 10 priority research topics. The key issues are: (1) interdisciplinarity or transdisciplinarity, (2) integration between basic research and applications,(3) Conceptual and theoretical development, (4) education and training, (5)international scholarly communication and collaborations, and (6) outreach and communication with the public and decision makers. The top 10 research topics are: (1) ecological flows in landscape mosaics, (2) causes, processes, and consequences of land use and land cover change, (3) nonlinear dynamics and landscape complexity, (4) scaling, (5) methodological development, (6) relating landscape metrics to ecological processes, (7) integrating humans and their activities into landscape ecology, (8) optimization of landscape pattern, (9)landscape sustainability, and (10) data acquisition and accuracy assessment. We emphasize that, although this synthesis was based on the presentations at the“Top 10 List” session, it is not a document that has been agreed upon by each and every participant. Rather, we believe that it is reflective of the broad-scale vision of the collective as to where landscape ecology is now and where it may be going in future. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

对农村老年人口养老的主要问题分析

目前农村老年人养老现状不容乐观.家庭养老功能弱化,社区养老机制滞后,社会福利、政府救济和低保投入严重不足等,导致绝大多数农村老年人处在家庭边缘和社会保障体系之外.     

农业科研院所科技援疆的调查与思考——以山西省农业科学院为例

本文以山西省农业科学院为例,分析了农业科研院所科技援疆的历程与特征,总结了科技援疆典型做法,并深入剖析了科技援疆存在的问题,提出了强化援疆目标、精准援疆项目、筑牢援疆保障、拓展援疆领域、完善运作机制、增加援疆资金、加强项目管理等进一步强化科技援疆工作的建议。     

岩石边坡植被护坡研究中的关键问题

近年来,岩石边坡植被护坡技术在理论、方法与应用诸方面取得了长足的发展。作为一门多学科交叉的工程应用技术,岩石边坡植被护坡是一项复杂的系统工程,其发展面临着许多新的问题和新的挑战。基于岩石边坡植被护坡研究现状,结合岩土工程学、恢复生态学及景观生态学中的基本原理,本文从工程原理与实践两方面提出岩石边坡植被护坡研究中的关键问题,以促进该技术途径的发展与完善。     

打造"焦点时刻"教育品牌探索提高大学生思想道德修养课教学实效性的有效途径

大学生思想政治理论课的实效性一直是人们普遍关注的焦点。从创新大学生思想道德修养课课外教学形式入手,以“三贴近”为出发点,以直接面对大学生现实思想问题和困惑为切入点;以“主体—主体”间的双向交流互动为手段,通过举办“焦点时刻”教育栏目,正确引导学生关注热点问题,取得了明显的实效。     

贵州省农机专业合作社现状及发展建议

近年来,随着《中华人民共和国农民专业合作社法》的颁布和农机购置补贴力度的不断加大,贵州省农机专业合作社得到了较快发展。现有的农机专业合作社较好地解决了农机规模化作业与小农户分散经营的矛盾,有利于资源的合理配置和减轻农户劳动强度,解放了大量的农村劳动力,有效地增加了农民的收入。为此,通过对贵州省农机专业合作社的基本情况、发展特点、在农业生产中所发挥的作用及存在的问题等方面进行了较为广泛与深入的阐述,提出贵州省农机专业合作社建设中的若干建议,供相关部门参考。     

城市化与“三农”问题及云南的路径选择

通过阐述城市化和"三农"问题的特点以及城市化对"三农"的影响进行分析探讨,并结合云南"三农"发展现状提出了云南城市化是解决"三农"问题的重要途径,提出了建设五级核心城市带动辐射周边的城市化发展思路和重点加大农村小城镇建设对促进云南农业、农村、农民发展的建议。     

试论农业高职学院为“三农”服务的文化策略

根据文化人类学对文化的三分传统,农业高职学院作为一个相对独立的文化体系,其社会服务职能具有层次性和渐进性。从＂物质＂、＂制度＂和＂精神＂三维度对农业高职学院服务职能进行探讨,可以总结出农业高职学院为＂三农＂服务的三大文化策略,即＂适应-融入＂策略、＂整合-提升＂策略和＂创新-引领＂策略。     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Ben Burt and Christian Clerk (eds), Environment and development in the Pacific Islands Glenn Banks and Chris Ballard (eds), The Oki Tedi Settlement – issues, outcomes and implications Bill Gammage, The Sky Travellers: journeys in New Guinea 1938–1939     

新常态下中国农业机械化发展问题思考

随着我国经济运行至新常态，我国农业发展也面临着转型升级的关键期，人们也越来越注重在农业发展中提升农业机械化水平，让农业更好地适应时代的发展变化，提高农民实际的经济效益。文章分析了当今中国农业机械化发展的问题，并研究了解决新常态下中国农业机械化发展问题的途径。