中文摘要：

“红层荒漠”是一种分布在红层母岩上的特殊土地退化景观，又称为“红层劣地”。其形成过程被称为“红层荒漠化”，指红层区受人为干扰，地表原有的生态结构遭到破坏，在外动力综合作用下，土层快速侵蚀，基岩或其风化壳裸露，土地生产力衰竭的极端土地退化过程。红层荒漠在粤、赣、湘等南方湿润区有较多的分布，荒漠化严重的区域一般是经济欠发达的区域，研究红层荒漠及其合理开发利用具有重要意义。结合多年丹霞地貌的研究成果，认为作为一种旅游资源，红层荒漠具有景观独特、资源稀缺、颠覆常识、生态科普、综合构景等特性，具备很高的旅游开发价值与很强的开发可行性。开发过程中，应当遵循开发服从保护、特色强化、综合效益最大化的原则，重视生态农业旅游和科普旅游等开发方向，可开发成为红层荒漠观光、红层荒漠科教旅游、生态农业示范旅游、红层荒漠山水旅游、红漠乡村旅游以及摄影主题旅游等景区。同时，要注意因地制宜，从资源特点、市场需求、环境保护等实际进行合理的谋划，与周边同类景区错位发展，与邻区其他景区加强联合，实现区域旅游互补发展。

英文摘要：

＇ Red Beds Desert＇ is a special degradation landscape, and one type of red beds landform with desert-like landscape, distributed on red beds mother rock and it＇ s also called as ＇ red beds badland＇. Its formation is called ＇ Red Beds Desertification＇. In the course of land extreme degradation, the red beds are influenced by humanity, original ecological structure on the earth＇ s surface is damaged, and then by the action of exogenetic force, the soil layer is rapidly eroded and the bedrock or its weathered crust is exposed, and finally land productivity is exhausted. Due to the special natural aspects, with excessive resource exploitation by humans, a kind of special process of land degradation-redbeds desertification occurred in redbeds areas in Southern China. The interruption of people is the trigger factor, and strong weathering and water erosion are dynamic factor. Red beds desert can be subdivided into two types, redbeds desertification with bare top and badlands-like redbeds desertification. In this article, we put more emphasis on the badlands-like redbeds desertification and its tourism exploitation. In China, redbeds desert （especially in humid regions） received no attention, we analyzed its feasibility by discussing its features, types, and so on. Red beds deserts are tensely distributed in Guangdong, Jiangxi, Hunan and other humid areas in Southern China. Generally, the areas of serious desertification are less developed areas and thus it＇ s significant to study red beds desert and its rational development and utilization. The protection and utilization of badlands-like redbeds desertification abroad has three main approaches, first, protection for the purpose, second, fix it for farming, third, open to tourists as one special landscape. This arti- cle points out that as a tourism resource, because of its desolation, fire-like collour against the landscape of green mountains and clear waters in South of China, redbeds desert can be a attraction with features of common sense subve