10月19日,广东省地质灾害防治协会在广州市正式成立,这是继今年8月末中国地质灾害防治协会成立后,首家成立的省级地质灾害防治协会。广东省是我国地质灾害多发省份之一,崩塌、滑坡、地面塌陷是主要灾害类型。截至2011年底,全省调查发现地质灾害隐患点13883处,威胁人口48.1万人;威胁100人以上地质灾害隐患点562处, On October 19, Guangdong Geological Disaster Prevention Association was formally established in Guangzhou City. This is the first provincial association for the prevention and control of geological disasters after the establishment of China Association of Geological Disaster Prevention and Control in late August this year. Guangdong Province is one of the most frequent geological disasters in our country. Collapse, landslide and ground subsidence are the main types of disasters. As of the end of 2011, the province’s investigation found 13,883 geological hazard points, threatening a population of 481,000 people; threatened more than 100 geological hazard points 562,