This paper analyzes the natural and factitious causes of rocky desertification of karst mountain region in Southwest China and its harmfulness,and puts forward a series of feasible countermeasures against the rocky desertification based on the earlier studies.

By means of the analysis on the geological environment, resources environment and environment problems, according to the topographic geomorphic features, the cities and towns in the Karst stone mountain area in southwestern Hubei, are classified as three types that are basin type with haystack hill and solution depression, groove (stream) adjoined type and depression type with Karst groove valley.

By means of the analysis on the geological environment, resources environment and environment problems, according to the topographic-geomorphic features, the cities and towns in the Karst stone mountain area in southwestern Hubei, are classified as three types that are basin type with haystack hill and solution depression, groove (stream)-adjoined type and depression type with Karst groove-valley.

Spatial distribution pattern of Cinnamomum burmannii population in karst hills of Guilin;

Spatial pattern of Cinnamomum burmanni seedling populations on Karst hills of Guilin was analyzed by the variance/average ratio method,Greig-Smith s method and lacunarity analysis method.

The niche breadth and overlap of 12 dominant populations in tree layer and 13 dominant populations in shrub layer of Cinnamomum burmannii community on karst hills of Guilin were measured by using the formula described by Levins and Pianka,and the relationship between niche breadth and overlap and the ability of those populations to adapt to karst environment were also analyzed.

Soil seed bank of Cinnamomum burmannii community on karst hills in Guilin;

Quantitative analysis of Cyclobalanopsis glauca community on Karst hills of Guilin;

Age structure of Cinnamomum burmannii population on Karst hills of Guilin.;

To coordinate the western development of the country, in 2000, the project of “underground water resources exploration and eco-environmental geological survey in karst rock mountainous areas Southwestern China“ laid by the China Geological Survey was started.

In this thesis, beginning with a comment on the surveying achievement and existed problems, the technical methods for underground water resources exploration and eco - environmental geological survey in the karst rock mountainous areas in Southweste.