The value of ecosystem services in China: A systematic review for twenty years

Jiang, Wei; Wu, Tong; Fu, Bojie

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101365

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“…The ESV estimation includes three parts. First, on the basis of the EVF of ESV [42,43], the grain output per unit area in the study area/grain output per unit area in the entire country ratio is used as the regional revision coefficient. The Chinese ecosystem services value of the unit area of different ecosystem types was replaced by that of the study area.…”

Section: Equivalent Value Factors Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Complex Ecosystem Impact of Rapid Expansion of Industrial and Mining Land on the Tibetan Plateau

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The ecological security of the Tibetan Plateau is vital for sustainable development. In recent years, biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation caused by industrial and mining activities have attracted wide attention. However, a synthesis assessment of the impacts of industrial and mining land (IML) on the ecosystem is currently lacking. In this study, based on the land cover data and normalized differential vegetation index, we used the landscape ecological index, Theil-Sen trend analysis and equivalent value factors method to evaluate the change in IML and its ecosystem impact on the TP. The results demonstrated that the area of IML expanded by 3.3 times (228.56%) during 1990–2020, and reached 968.95 km² in 2020. Within this area, the newly added, stable, and reduced areas were 842.71, 126.26, and 168.65 km², respectively. Simultaneously, IML expansion made the landscape more fragmented during 1990–2020. The number of patches, splitting index, and landscape shape index in 2020 increased by 3.59-, 2.70-, and 1.90-fold compared to those in 1990, respectively. Furthermore, the difference in the vegetation change between the IML and its 10 km buffer zone was significant. About 77.34% of the vegetation in the IML area showed a trend of decrease, while about 76.51% of the vegetation in the buffer zone of IML showed a trend of increase. In addition, the expansion of IML also reduced the total ecological services value by USD 6969.31 million (0.66%) from 1990 to 2020. However, the lowered value was USD 8649.50 million (0.82%) in the newly added IML. This study highlights the rapid expansion of IML and reveals the ecosystem structure, ecosystem quality, and ecosystem service impact on the TP, which helps guide ecosystem protection and the sustainable development of mining.

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Section: Equivalent Value Factors Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Complex Ecosystem Impact of Rapid Expansion of Industrial and Mining Land on the Tibetan Plateau

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“…On the basis of the evaluation method of the global ESV proposed by Costanza et al [40], Chinese scholars Xie et al [41] conducted a questionnaire survey among 500 Chinese scholars in the research field of ecology and thus put forward a calculation model assessing the equivalent of ESV according to China's natural resources [42]. The equivalent calculation methods were constantly developed and refined [42][43][44]. According to Xie et al [41], an ecosystem provides ecological products and services (i.e., ES) for human beings through its ES function.…”

Section: Calculation Of Total Esvmentioning

confidence: 99%

Spatial-Temporal Characteristics of Ecosystem Service Values of Watershed and Ecological Compensation Scheme Considering Its Realization in Spatial Planning

Wang

Zhang

2022

Sustainability

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A reasonable ecological compensation scheme for watersheds is beneficial for water resource protection and ecological sustainability. The existing literature has few watershed ecological compensation (WEC) schemes based on long-term observation and large spatial scale analysis of ecosystem service value (ESV) and considering its realization in spatial planning. Therefore, in order to establish a WEC scheme and integrate it into spatial planning, we take the Middle Route of South-to-North Water Diversion Project (MRSNWDP), a water resource area protecting the water resources at a huge local economic development cost, as a case study, and calculate the change trend and change range of the watershed’s total ESV from 1990 to 2015, thus, forming the WEC scheme. The results show the total ESV in the study area shows a slight downward fluctuation trend from 1990 to 2015, decreasing by 3310.70. The total ESV in most types of ecosystem service (ES) functions is relatively reduced except for the increase in functions of water conservation, waste treatment, and entertainment and culture. In addition, the change rate of total ESV has been in a high-value agglomeration, and the ES capabilities have been increasing since 2000, while the growth trend of the ES capabilities has been weak, and the high-value agglomeration has been expanding from the core area of Danjiangkou reservoir to the upstream and surrounding areas since 2005. We formulate a WEC scheme according to the partition idea of spatial planning that the priority compensation area accounts for 25.34% of the total study area, and the second priority compensation area, the general compensation area, and the potential compensation area account for 25.34%, 47.48%, and 12.80%, respectively.

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“…1 Although the estimation of certain benefits [31] can be conducted through various approaches, establishing the relationship between land use and ES is critical in deriving ESVs. Site-specific characteristics should also be included.…”

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Integrating Landscape Pattern into Characterising and Optimising Ecosystem Services for Regional Sustainable Development

Zeng

Liu

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Land

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Humans benefit from ecosystem services (ES) and profoundly influence the ecosystem in rapid urbanisation and large-scale urban sprawl contexts, especially at the landscape level. However, the impacts of landscape pattern, the driving mechanism of sub-ES and the spatially explicit regional optimisation, have been largely ignored. In response, to the present paper explores two primary aspects: the relationship among ES, landscape pattern, urban income and agricultural output, and the regional governance of optimised ES values (ESV), using the Wuhan urban agglomeration as a case study area. The survey method is employed in obtaining the adjusted magnitude matrix of land use and ecosystem services. Spatial regression analyses are conducted on each ES, including food provision, climate regulation and soil maintenance, with socio-economic indicators and landscape pattern index as explanatory variables. Finally, geographically weighted regression and scenario analyses are conducted on each sub-ESV to generate adjusted coefficients in each county for ESV regulation. The results show that urban per capita disposable income and agricultural output significantly contribute to ESV change, with the former being negative and the latter being positive. A highly aggregated landscape also produces reduced ESV, particularly in soil maintenance and gas and climate regulation. We summarise the ESV in 2020 and in the period after adjustment in different administrative counties. Provision, regulation and culture ecosystem benefits substantially increase when attempts are made to lower the landscape aggregation pattern by 1%. In general, counties and county-level cities have the largest ESV, with food provision as the optimum ecosystem benefit. Districts in the capital city show an immense growth in provision and regulation, and county-level cities show the highest growth rate in cultural service. Integrating the landscape pattern into characterising and optimising ES, provides references for regional governance on land-use planning and socio-economic development, which is vital to sustainable regional development.

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The value of ecosystem services in China: A systematic review for twenty years

Cited by 98 publications

References 52 publications

Complex Ecosystem Impact of Rapid Expansion of Industrial and Mining Land on the Tibetan Plateau

Complex Ecosystem Impact of Rapid Expansion of Industrial and Mining Land on the Tibetan Plateau

Spatial-Temporal Characteristics of Ecosystem Service Values of Watershed and Ecological Compensation Scheme Considering Its Realization in Spatial Planning

Integrating Landscape Pattern into Characterising and Optimising Ecosystem Services for Regional Sustainable Development

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