[tusea,kekao] Grouping team members

In order to make all team members mobilised, we will ask them to do some literature searching and write a review or report on what they find and read.

Now we have 4 subjects, one group (led by endboxer) will search literature focusing on economy, especially on stock raising, the second group (led by wenmang) will try to find reports on Tibet stock farmer's situation, the third group will be led by me, and will focus on education, science and culture. Two people will also need to find more backgrounds of the railway.

In the next phase, we will have a second time grouping, which will be based on the research topics we choose.

And in the exploration, members of different groups will be mixed in order that when they go to different samples, all questions concerning all 3 subjects can be asked and recorded.

Today after the group is formed, I will ask members of different groups do these things: find literature, try to raise new ideas about the researching topics, make a plan about who should be visited and by what means can we do the investigation.

[tusea,kekao] Last night’s discussion

Last night the exploration team had its first gathering. We again introduced ourselves to the team. Various jobs are assigned respectively to team members.

Later we had a small running drill. After that endboxer, wenmang and I had a discussion on the practise of the exploration.

As we have decided before, this year's new survey will not be like before. We will not just ask the same questions to everyone and get some meaningless statistic data. What we want is the *fact*. Firstly, we will limit our goal to a very small matter, then we will ask different people concerning this matter. They have different stands and views, so at last we can have a complex view of this matter and understand it better. This is like depth investigation in journalism. You can refer to National Geographic to get an idea of this kind of survey.

The final report will not only include survey result in a formal format, but also detailed stories about the object we discussed.

[Academic] Finalizing my thesis

I have finally come to the result and conclusion part of my thesis. Right now I am trying to assess the region's ecosystem health. I wish I have included more indicators concerning human health earlier. But there is no time for such analysis and discussion.

I should put such consideration in next time I do research on ecosystem health/safety.

[Academic] Methods of assessing regional ecosystem health (II)

A proposed framework for developing indicators of ecosystem health

This article from SpringerLink give a few principles you must consider when you are assessing regional ecosystem health.

1. Because you are considering health, you should always consider factors concerning human health and well being in the ecosystem;
2. Biogeochemical and socialeconomic factors are influencing each other;
3. Different management goals determined different indicators used;

A holistic approach to ecosystem health assessment using fish population characteristics

This article provided an idea that using some key species as the indicator of region ecosystem health. However, I think it is difficult to apply this method to Fengtai and Fangshan district in my research. I know too little about species and biodiversity in this area and lack knowledge of historical data in this area.
Nor can I identify a key species.

[tusea]The list is announced

Just now, at the weekly meeting of the climbing club, the list of this year's mountaineering and scientific exploration team is announced.

This moment is always sentimental and makes one excited. Seems everyone's satisfied with the result. Now it's time to get the work begin.

I will need to make a more detailed question and goal list as well as make sure the topic of the survey is submitted, discussed and correctly chosen.

[tusea,kekao]The preparation status up to date

TECSUN, a consumer electronic manufacturer in Guangdong Province has agreed to give financial support to our team.

The proposal and schedule have been worked out, they will be revised later according to our updated information.

The university's Youth League committee has picked our team as a key team, though there is little financial support.

The list of team members will be announced this Thursday (June 9th). After that the preparation will fully start.

Some research topics are to be submitted by some team members.

As a graduating student, I will need to sell out all the stuffs in my dorm before the departure. The certification will be issued on July 12th, so I need someone keep that for me.

[tusea]A dirty work’s over

The day before yesterday after 3 hours' discussion, we finished choosing this year's team members of both mountaineering and scientific exploring teams. It's fast enough. I remember that last year it took us 3 days. As before, there are people who lost the opportunity this year. To comfort them become another hard and embarrassing job.

However, this year there are less people qualified to be chosen. Fewer people took part in the training, even fewer completed it. So the choice is less painful.

The next thing to do is get down to the preparation of mountaineering and survey, full-throttle.