柴达木盆地是我国著名的内陆拗陷盆地,具有丰富的矿产资源,素有“聚宝盆”之称;也具有一定的农业自然资源和农业开发前景;但柴达木盆地高寒和干旱的自然环境,又使该区的环境保护和环境建设问题显得十分突出。如何处理好资源开发和自然环境的关系,处理好工矿开发和农业布局的关系,做到资源开发、农业布局和环境建设相协调,是摆在我们面前亟待解决的问题。本文仅就这方面做一探讨。

Chai Da Mu Basin is a famous geological sunken basin of Qinghai-Tibet plateau in China. The natural Characteristics of this basin belong to frigid and arid climate. It is rich in mineral resources and has a great future to build up a large-scale mineral base for exploiting the mines. It is also rich in natural resources for agriculture. There are more than 850 thousands mu that can be developed for agriculture or other purposes, and there are about 200 thousands mu that adapt agriculture.According to the regional differentiation of the resource distribution and the condition of economic and social development, Chai Da Mu Basin is planed in 8 economic districts for Exploitation of the natural resources.