PROGRESS OF MIRE RESEARCH IN CHINA

In the last 30 years,great achievements have been obtained from investigations on mire and peat resources throughout the country.Based on the researches in hydrology,climate,vegetation,soils,ecochemistry of landscape for the variety of mires in different regions of China,it is found that forming factors,process and types of China's mires have their own features.Thus,some new theoretical viewpoints about the definition,characteristics,distribution and development laws of mire which are suitable for China's mire features have been suggested accordingly.Mire research has become a new branch in the system of natural sciences.In researches,some advanced methods,experimental instruments and new technology of remote sensing and telemetry have been widely used,and researches on models,databases,information systems,mire mapping and some experimental researches on integrated exploitation and utilization of mire and peat resources have also been attempted.