Ecological Compensation Mechanism of Agricultural Water Resources: An Empirical Study in Zhejiang, China

Abstract

Ecological compensation is a new area in the field of resources environment. In this study, we set an empirical analysis model about ecological compensation mechanism and analyze influential factors based on agricultural perspective. The result shows that: first, loss of development opportunities is the most important factor that will affect ecological compensation, the regression coefficient is 0.071; sec, environmental protection cost is the most significant variable in ecological compensation, the sig value is 0.007 and the regression coefficient is positive; third, public awareness has high coefficient value as 0.048, means that public awareness plays a positive effect. Overall, the regression model of the empirical results with the above assumptions, under the 10% significant level, the loss of development opportunities; environmental protection cost; the compensation standard; public awareness of the value of ecological environment variable are significantly variables that affecting ecological compensation and the effects of other variables are not obvious. On this basis, we put forward relevant suggestions.

A Quantitative Assessment on Ecological Compensation Based on Water Resources Value Accounting: A Case Study of Water Source Area of the Middle Route of South-To-North Water Transfer Project in China

“…According to the existing problems in the ecological environment of the Chishui River, Qiu and Zhai (2014) established the ecological compensation mechanism. Based on the perspective of agricultural development, Hu (2015) concluded that the factors affecting the ecological compensation mechanism mainly include the loss of development opportunities, environmental protection cost, and public awareness. Yang et al (2020) analyzed the current situation of ecological compensation in the Yellow River basin, and described the framework of water-related ecological compensation in the Yellow River Basin in detail.…”