Evaluation index system of biodiesel plant resource based on sustainable development in Three Gorges areas of China

In order to realize the sustainable development of biodiesel plant resources in Three Gorges areas of China, the authors constructed a fitting evaluatating system depending on the sustainable development theory and the regionally practical condition there. The across-knowledge, multi-benchmark, systematic, scientific, operational, dominant, dynamic, independent and comparative principles were followed in this system. The research tools adopted were the Delphi investigation，the AHP hierarchy analyzing theory and software of Yaahp 0.4.1. This system (A) was constructed by four subsystems that are energy sources subsystem (B1), economic function subsystem (B2), social function subsystem (B3) and ecological-environmental function subsystem (B4). There are twenty four indexes belonging to these different subsystems respectively. Their developed priority is as follows: Vernicia fordii, Sapium sebiferum, Camellia oleifera and Jatropha curcas as well as Pistacia chinensis etc, after the system being used for the sustainable development evaluation of twenty-five species oil plants in Three Gorges. The result clearly indicates that this system can be a evaluation tool for biodiesel plant resource before the decision-making for sustainable utilization because the system has the scientific, objective, feasible, operational characteristics.