中文摘要：

本文认为，西部民族地区具有生态脆弱和贫困集中的特点，二者之间的耦合性呈现了生态环境与经济发展之间的恶性循环，加之民族地区特殊的生态地位使其发展中面临两难选择。文章分析认为，造成民族地区生态一经济系统非良性循环的根本原因在于工业文明理念下的传统发展方式是一种以建立在资源消耗基础上的发展，它必然以生态环境的破坏作为代价。文章指出生态文明强调人与自然和谐发展，民族地区应在生态文明理念下发展生态经济．通过产业生态化发展实现经济效益和生态效益的统一。

英文摘要：

Ecological fragile and poverty coexist in the western ethnic areas, and this coupling feature between the ecological environment and economic development make a vicious circle.they are restrict and stimulate each other.On one hand, fragile ecological environment hampering the economic development, and on the other hand, poverty inevitably bring about the destruction of the environment and lead to further ecological deterioration in the vicious cycle. Additionally special ecological status of ethnic minority areas make it faced the development dilemma. The article maintains that, the reason of the ecology and economic system non-virtuous cycling in the western ethnic areas is the traditional mode of development with the idea of industrial civilization, It is a kind of development based on the resource consumption, inevitablely lead the destruction of the eco-environment.Ecological civilization emphasized the harmonious development between man and nature, the author think that ethnic areas should develope eco-economy with the idea of ecological civilization, and through industrial ecology to achieve the unity of economic development and ecological benefits.