Changes of Value of Ecosystem Services and its Driving Forces in the Lower Reaches of the Tarim River

2012 ◽  
Vol 260-261 ◽  
pp. 1030-1034 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Huang ◽  
Wei Hong Li ◽  
Jian Xin Ma
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Image Data ◽  
Tarim River ◽  
Ecosystem Structure ◽  
Value Assessment ◽  
Ecosystem Service Value ◽  
Service Value ◽  
The Tarim River

In this paper, we used TM image data in the lower reaches of the Tarim River as well as ecosystem service value assessment methods, and assessed the change of regional land use/ cover and analyzed its ecosystem service value, and discussed the driving forces of the change factors. The results show that : the study area is mainly grassland and desert grasslands accounted for more than 43% , the desert about 32% , less than 6% of the forest area , waters and wetlands area , less than 1% of the total area, which mean that the area is mainly the oasis agriculture , desertification serious water shortages. Since 2000, the , the ecological restoration project significantly effective under the emergency water conveyance on the lower reaches of the Tarim River, woodland restoration and water area increased , the desert area has decreased. GDP continued to increase from 2000 to 2005, the value of ecosystem services greatly reduce. In a shorter time scale, agricultural development and human activity are the dominant factors of the transfer of the value of ecosystem structure adjustment and service functions in the study area.

scholarly journals Do Ecosystem Service Value Increase and Environmental Quality Improve due to Large–Scale Ecological Water Conveyance in an Arid Region of China?

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 6586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiyi Wang ◽  
Shuzhen Peng ◽  
Hongbo Ling ◽  
Hailiang Xu ◽  
Tingting Ma
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Tarim River ◽  
Ecosystem Service Value ◽  
Service Value ◽  
The Tarim River ◽  
Water Conveyance ◽  
Ecological Water Conveyance

With the rapid development of the economy and the intensification of human activities, ecological systems have been degraded, especially in arid areas. The lower reaches of the Tarim River represent a typical arid area in China. Since 2000, the Chinese government has been heavily investing in the protection and restoration of the natural ecological environment of the lower reaches of the Tarim River. In this study, we aimed to resolve two key scientific issues: (1) reveal the changing characteristics of land-use in the region and identify the changes in ecosystem service value caused by these land-use changes and (2) evaluate whether the environmental quality has improved or worsened. The objective of this study is to verify whether the ecological water conveyance project promotes an increase in the ecosystem service value, with an improvement in the ecological environment, to thereby provide references for the evaluated effects of ecological water conveyance for the management of water resources. In this way, economic development can support environmental protection. Thus, the economy can be sustainably developed. Hence, based on the remote sensing data of land-use in 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2016, with the value coefficients proposed by Constanza in 1997 and changing characteristics in the land-use, the ecological service value, and environmental conditions from 1990 to 2016 were analysed. According to our results, from 1990 to 2016, the ecosystem service value has increased substantially, indicating that the benefits of ecological water conveyance were significant. The environmental condition index increased by 21.14%, showing that the ecological environment has improved. However, the environmental quality remained low. In the future, we should formulate plans for reasonable land-use that control the replacement of woodlands and grasslands with farmlands and construction. The results of this study provide a scientific basis and practical guide for restoring inland river ecosystems in arid regions.

scholarly journals Effect of Land Use Change on Ecosystem Service Value in Dujiangyan City

2020 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 02024
Author(s):  
Min Liu ◽  
Shimin Wen ◽  
Chuanjiang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Value Assessment ◽  
Ecosystem Service Value ◽  
Construction Land ◽  
Service Value ◽  
The Impact

In order to evaluate the impact of land use change on ecosystem service value in Dujiangyan City, through equivalent factor method, qualitative and quantitative analysis is carried out on the dynamic change of land use change and its caused ecosystem service value in Dujiangyan City from 2010 to 2016. The results show that: (1) Dujiangyan city land use changes a large extent, with the extension of construction land expansion as the main increase part, and at the cost of the reduction of arable land and grassland area. (2) Over the past 7 years, the total value of ecosystem services in Dujiangyan city followed a law of first rising and then falling, showing an overall rising trend, with a total increase of 19.2244 million yuan. (3) The accuracy of the ecological value coefficient of woodland and grassland will greatly affect the value assessment of ecosystem services in Dujiangyan city. (4) From the relationship between land use type and ecosystem service value, cultivated land and construction land are negatively correlated with ecosystem service value, on the contrary, forest land, grassland, water area and construction land are positively correlated with ecosystem service value. In general, the land use of Dujiangyan City did not cause obvious damage to the ecological environment, but also cannot ignore the impact of land use changes on the environment in the process of economic development. It is necessary to control the growth of construction land area, promote the conservation and rational development of Eco-tourism area in Dujiangyan City, maintain the stability of ecosystem services in Dujiangyan City, and realize the strategy of sustainable development of Social-Economic-Ecological benefits.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Internal Relationship between Ecological Value and Economic Value Based on the Forest Resources in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6795
Author(s):  
Jianxin Geng ◽  
Chengzhi Liang
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
Atmospheric Environment ◽  
Shanxi Province ◽  
Ecosystem Service Value ◽  
Service Value ◽  
Asset Value

In this study, we applied gross ecosystem product (GEP) theory in a case study to analyze and explain the natural resource asset value and ecosystem service value of forest resources in Jiaokou County, Shanxi Province, Northern China, in 2018. GEP refers to the total value of various final material products and services provided by ecosystems. In this paper, six service functions of a forest system, including water conservation, soil conservation, carbon fixation and oxygen release, forest nutrients, purification of atmospheric environment, and biodiversity, are valued by three calculation methods: the alternative cost method, market value method, and control cost method. The study revealed the following: (1) There is a parallel relationship between the value of natural resource assets and the value of ecosystem services. GEP includes the market value of natural resource assets, but it is mostly the value of ecosystem services. (2) The measurement of the physical quantity of forest ecosystem services depends on parameter data, and the monetary calculation often has no mature pricing basis, which leads to the large scale and uncertainty surrounding the evaluation results of ecosystem services. (3) The ecosystem service value and natural resource asset value have different practical significance, as well as alternate theoretical bases. The value of natural resource assets can be used as the asset valuation basis of economic transactions, which plays a role in macroeconomic management. The value of ecosystem services can be used as the basis of ecological compensation, providing information for the preparation of the balance sheet of natural resources.

Analysis of Ecological Service Value in Vulnerable Karst Area of Southwestern Guizhou

2011 ◽  
Vol 347-353 ◽  
pp. 2241-2244
Author(s):  
Feng Tai Zhang ◽  
La Chun Wang ◽  
Wei Ci Su ◽  
Yu Hua Liang ◽  
Ji Xin Shao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Karst Area ◽  
Karst Region ◽  
Ecosystem Service Value ◽  
Rocky Desertification ◽  
Service Value ◽  
Unit Value ◽  
Southwestern Guizhou

The domestic and foreign evaluations of ecosystem service value are difficult to draw on results accepted by the public and academia. This reflects the research methods are still not mature, need to continue to be improved. In this paper, an attempt has been made to give urban unit value of ecosystem services and set up the values per unit area in southwestern Guizhou of China, in accordance with unit value of global ecosystem services developed by Costanza, et al., Chinese one by Xie, et al. and the actual situation of karst region. The analysis revealed that in the study area, the total ecosystem service value is $1.876×109 in 2006, equivalent to 104.3% of 2006 GDP (Gross Domestic Product), $1.799×109（1US$=7.8136，2006）. If the rocks change into forest in the study area, ecosystem service value will add $0.221×109, equivalent to 12.28% of GDP in 2006. Therefore, we conclude that the ecosystem services value is higher, compared to the local economy. In addition, the rocky desertification area is larger, and has already seriously influenced ecosystem service function. The tasks of ecological environment protection, propaganda and education in this region are of great significance.

scholarly journals An Empirical Analysis of an Integrated Accounting Method to Assess the Non-Monetary and Monetary Value of Ecosystem Services

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8296
Author(s):  
Yubang Liu ◽  
Yunan Yan ◽  
Xin Li
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Classification Systems ◽  
Ecological Value ◽  
Ecosystem Service Value ◽  
Service Value ◽  
Value Evaluation

The process of ecosystem service value evaluation has developed from the use of a single economic value that only accounts for material products to an assessment of ecological value and the value of ecosystem services. However, due to the complexity of ecosystems and different understandings of ecosystem service values, different classification methods of ecosystem services and service values have been developed internationally, and this has resulted in a lack of clarity regarding the correlation between ecosystem service value and various ecosystems. The correspondence between the system and each value type is not clear; therefore, based on an analysis of the inadequacy of domestic and foreign ecosystem service classification systems and methods, this study constructed a new accounting framework for non-monetary ecosystem service functions based on emergy analysis and integrated monetary accounting methods. The practical application of the method was also researched. The research results re-classified the value of ecosystem services, established an accounting method for various ecosystem service values, clarified the principle of addition in accounting, and avoided double counting. In the empirical analysis, a large number of correlation coefficients, parameters, and index values found in the foreign literature were used, so, our method also has value for international use.

Ecosystem service value assessment of a natural reserve region for strengthening protection and conservation

2019 ◽  
Vol 244 ◽  
pp. 208-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srikanta Sannigrahi ◽  
Suman Chakraborti ◽  
Pawan Kumar Joshi ◽  
Saskia Keesstra ◽  
Somnath Sen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Value Assessment ◽  
Ecosystem Service Value ◽  
Service Value ◽  
Natural Reserve

scholarly journals Impacts of Grain-for-Green and Grain-for-Blue Policies on Valued Ecosystem Services in Shandong Province, China

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Song ◽  
Xiangzheng Deng ◽  
Bing Liu ◽  
Zhaohua Li ◽  
Gui Jin
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Nutrient Cycling ◽  
Ecological Restoration ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Net Primary Productivity ◽  
Shandong Province ◽  
Ecosystem Service Value ◽  
Grain For Green ◽  
Service Value

China launched a series of ecological restoration policies to mitigate its severe environmental challenges in the late 1990s. From the beginning, the effects and influences of the ecological restoration policies have been hotly debated. In the present study, we assessed the effects of two vital ecological restoration policies (Grain-for-Green and Grain-for-Blue) on valued ecosystem services in Shandong province. A new method based on the net primary productivity and soil erosion was developed to assess the ecosystem service value. In the areas implementing the Grain-for-Green and Grain-for-Blue policies, the ecosystem service value increased by 24.01% and 43.10% during 2000–2008, respectively. However, comparing to the average increase of ecosystem service value (46.00%) in the whole of Shandong province in the same period, Grain-for-Green and Grain-for-Blue did not significantly improve overall ecosystem services. The ecological restoration policy led to significant tradeoffs in ecosystem services. Grain-for-Green improved the ecosystem service function of nutrient cycling, organic material provision, and regulation of gases but decreased that of water conservation. Grain-for-Blue increased the water conservation function but led to a reduction in the function of soil conservation and nutrient cycling.

scholarly journals An Ecosystem Service Value Model to Quantify Eco-environment Cost

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Yi-Ru Wang ◽  
Hui Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Economic Cost ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
Dynamic Adjustment ◽  
Ecosystem Service Value ◽  
Service Value ◽  
Time Changes ◽  
Value Model

With the development of society, ecological environmental protection has become more and more important. In this paper, an Ecosystem Service Value Model (ESVM) was developed to quantify the value of all types of ecosystem services. Through the ecosystem service value evaluation index system we established, we determined ecosystem service value equivalent factors of different ecosystem services. Then we combine the baseline value of the ecosystem service value equivalent factor to determine the ecosystem service value per unit area of different ecosystems. The amount of ecological service value reduction can be calculated with the amount of change in ecosystem area caused by land use projects. Ecological costs are equal to the reduction in the value of ecosystem services. The true economic cost of land use project consists of two parts: project construction cost and ecological cost. The model established in this paper considers the effects of time changes. And the introduction of dynamic adjustment of biomass changes and dynamic adjustment of currency changes make the model more adaptable to time changes. The research can evaluate the value of ecosystem services, which promotes the harmonious development of human and ecological environment.

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