"生态环境"内涵界定探讨

“生态环境”是在中国使用频率较高的一个名词,由于一直没有明确而公认的定义,使用者往往误用,不利于今后理论研究和实践工作。本文追溯了生态环境概念的起源,对比分析了“生态环境”内涵的不同理解,基于生态学、环境科学理论,认为生态环境是以特定生物体(包括人类)为中心,多元复合生态系统各要素和生态关系的总和,强调生态系统的整体性、连续性、稳定性和协同进化性,以及在此基础上对主体提供的环境功能。

An approach on the connotation of "ecological environment"

"Ecological environment" is a term frequently employed in China,but often misused because there is no universal and explicit definition of it.This phenomenon has brought about some disadvantages to both theoretical study and practical work.In this paper,the origin of the term was traced,and different comprehensions of it were comparatively analyzed.It was considered based on the principles of ecology and environmental science that "ecological environment" was the integration of various ecological elements and relations,with specific organisms including human beings as the center,and emphasized the global nature,continuity,stability,coordinated evolution,and environmental functions of ecosystems.