Establishment needs and development trends of the comprehensive observation system for national natural resource elements

The Comprehensive Observation Project of Natural Resource Elements is a strategic, basic and urgent systematic project, which centered on major national strategic needs and the "Two Unifications" responsibilities of the Ministry of Natural Resources. It is beneficial for the further development of the Comprehensive Observation Project of Natural Resource Elements to reasonably analyze various requirements during the establishment of national natural resource elements comprehensive observation system, define the establishment ideas and clarify the current development trends. The authors have specified the various requirements for the establishment of the national natural resource elements comprehensive observation system, further put forward the establishment ideas, and introduced the current development trends based on the demand analysis. The classification system for natural resources management has been established and the comprehensive regionalization of natural resources has been identified. Besides, the natural resource elements comprehensive observation index system and standard system have been established, and three standard specification discussion papers have been combed. The field station layout plan based on the comprehensive regionalization of natural resources has been proposed, and an integrated sky-ground observation technology system has been built. The integrated observation platform for natural resource elements has been built to provide the data support for tracking and studying the dynamic changes of natural resources and forecasting the development trends. Finally, some specific suggestions on the establishment of the national natural resource elements comprehensive observation system have been put forward. The achievements above have strongly promoted the establishment of national natural resource elements comprehensive observation system and supported the management needs of natural resources under the new circumstance.