Review
Environmental Sciences
Xiuhong Li, Yizhuo Wang, Rongjin Yang, Le Zhang, Yi Zhang, Qiang Liu, Zhenwei Song
Summary: This paper discusses the challenges and problems faced by watershed eco-compensation in China, and explores new models including expanding funding sources, establishing sustainable compensation models, and reducing the burden on the government. It also compares different regional models of eco-compensation projects.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Yu Nie, Xiaoyan Zhang, Yanmin Yang, Zhifeng Liu, Chunyang He, Xin Chen, Tao Lu
Summary: This study assessed the impacts of land-use/cover change (LUCC) on natural habitat quality (NHQ) in the Lhasa River Basin (LRB), taking into account both historical and future scenarios. The research found that ecological restoration improved NHQ more than urban expansion deteriorated it, resulting in an overall increasing trend in NHQ during 2000-2020. However, under the cropland protection scenario, NHQ is projected to deteriorate due to the occupation of natural habitats by urban expansion.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Juqin Shen, Xin Gao, Weijun He, Fuhua Sun, Zhaofang Zhang, Yang Kong, Zhongchi Wan, Xin Zhang, Zhichao Li, Jingzhe Wang, Xiuping Lai
Summary: Based on prospect theory and evolutionary game theory, this paper studies the decision-making behaviors and influencing factors between local governments and polluting enterprises in Taihu Lake Basin. The results show that initial probabilities affect their decision-making behaviors, the ecological compensation fee has little influence on polluting enterprises, and the increase of environmental tax rate significantly impacts the decision-making behaviors of local governments with low initial probabilities.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Li Wang, Jia Fu, Xiaopan Ji, Ping Tan, Yike Li
Summary: This study analyzed the spatio-temporal variations of wilderness and identified conservation priorities based on ecosystem services, using the Lhasa River Basin in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China as an example. The results showed a persistent decline in wilderness from 1990 to 2020, with 33.56% of the remaining wilderness requiring special attention. These findings are of critical importance for future conservation strategies.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Yanmei He, Hongyi Pan, Ruosi Wang, Caiyi Yao, Jianxiong Cheng, Tianyi Zhang
Summary: Ecological compensation is an effective solution for addressing disparities in environmental quality and economic interests among the upper, middle, and lower reaches of river basins. This study uses an ecological accounting model to define carbon emissions from construction land as ecological service consumption, avoiding lower compensation in the upper reaches compared to the middle and lower reaches. The study calculates cumulative compensation standards in the Minjiang River Basin from 2000 to 2018, identifies subjects providing and receiving compensation, and simulates the ecosystem service flow direction and scale. The findings reveal trends in ecosystem service value, carbon emissions, and compensation distribution, providing important insights for ecological compensation practices in the Minjiang River Basin.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Huiqin Li, Cuimei Lv, Minhua Ling, Changkuan Gu, Yang Li, Zening Wu, Denghua Yan
Summary: This study used ecological spillover and emergy analysis to determine the amount of eco-compensation that the city of Xuchang should pay to the upstream city of Xinzheng. The results showed that eco-compensation increased over time, mainly due to changes in demand.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Huiyuan Guan, Yongping Bai, Yuanyuan Tang, Chunyue Zhang, Jiacheng Zou
Summary: The scientific layout of an ecological network is essential for regional environmental protection and restoration in the face of global ecosystem changes, and is an important strategy in China for balancing ecosystem protection and economic development. By incorporating ecosystem services and landscape connectivity, we have identified ecological source areas and key ecological elements such as corridors and nodes, using the minimum cumulative resistance (MCR) and gravity models to optimize spatial patterns, formulate control area plans, and propose a model for developing ecological functional areas. The results show high-value ecosystem service areas in wetland parks, Ningxia Helan Mountain Nature Reserve, and Xiangshan Grassland Nature Park; an ecological network consisting of 19 source areas, 169 corridors, and 46 nodes; and an improved network with additional source areas, optimized corridors, and nodes, forming a model of one belt, four areas, and multi-center development for ecological functional areas.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yizhuo Wang, Rongjin Yang, Xiuhong Li, Le Zhang, Weiguo Liu, Yi Zhang, Yunzhi Liu, Qiang Liu
Summary: The paper introduces a new model for watershed ecological compensation, which combines both water quality and quantity considerations, and provides estimates for compensation amounts under two different scenarios. The results show that the funds obtained from this model can effectively cover the restoration costs and meet the benefits of both upstream and downstream, making the compensation funds more reasonable.
Article
Engineering, Civil
Hongxiang Wang, Lintong Huang, Haitao Zhang, Yicheng Fu, Wenxian Guo, Xuyang Jiao, Haotong Zhou, Yongwei Zhu
Summary: Maintaining river health is vital for enhancing the service value of river basin ecosystems amidst changing environments. Researchers proposed an ecological flow threshold process with multiple ecological constraints, incorporating the Range of Variability Approach method and Improved Intra-annual Spreading method. Combining this with a multi-source dataset and the InVEST model, they established an 'ecology-function pattern-driven and decision' service framework. The study found that the Xiangjiang River basin's important ecological constraints on ecological flow changed over time due to hydrological changes (1991-2019).
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chunsheng Wu, Guoxia Ma, Weishan Yang, Ying Zhou, Fei Peng, Jinnan Wang, Fang Yu
Summary: The Yellow River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin are two important watersheds in China with different ecosystem patterns. The ecosystem services values of the two basins have similar spatial distributions, with the Yangtze River Basin having a total annual value three times higher than that of the Yellow River Basin. This research provides a methodology for evaluating ecosystem valuation and can support the formulation and implementation of eco-compensation policies in these regions.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Tianlin Zhai, Dou Zhang, Chenchen Zhao
Summary: Ecosystem services have external effects, leading to environmental injustice due to the variation in delivery amongst different regions. Implementation of ecological compensation can address this issue. The study used the InVEST model to assess carbon sequestration in the Yellow River Basin and proposed a comparative ecological radiation force to quantify ecosystem service flow. The results showed a spatial mismatch in supply and demand, with some regions having a surplus of carbon sequestration.
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Hang Yu, Chen Chen, ChaoFeng Shao
Summary: The Xin'an River Basin, as the first pilot project in China for horizontal ecological compensation, has continuously explored compensation methods over the past ten years. This study evaluates the effectiveness of ecological compensation from the perspective of ecosystem service value, providing insights for refined implementation methods and future adjustments. It found that while ecological compensation has promoted growth in ecosystem service values, there is a need for more comprehensive and balanced development.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Zhengxian Zhang, Yun Li, Xiaogang Wang, Hongze Li, Feidong Zheng, Yipeng Liao, Nanbo Tang, Guangyu Chen, Chang Yang
Summary: The study selected the Lhasa River as the research area, constructed a comprehensive indicator system, and assessed river health using wavelet noise reduction and multidimensional similarity cloud model. Results showed that the upper reaches had higher health levels, while the lower reaches were influenced by urban construction and water conservancy projects leading to decreased health levels.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ziyi Wang, Yu Wang, Zihang Zhou, Fan Yu, Debin Ma, Jiaming Li
Summary: This study proposes a decision-making framework for ecological compensation (EC) based on China's property rights structure. Combining spatial planning and ecosystem service value (ESV) accounting, the framework can be applied to other regions for the implementation of EC and contributes to the international research on ecological compensation.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Kaige Wang, Huihui Zheng, Xiangyu Zhao, Zhiting Sang, Wenzhi Yan, Zhaoyang Cai, Yan Xu, Fengrong Zhang
Summary: The study aims to clarify the temporal and spatial evolution characteristics of landscape ecological risk in Hailar River basin in recent 30 years, and to serve for scientific formulation of ecological management strategies. Ecosystem services were used to improve the traditional landscape ecological risk assessment method, and the theoretical basis of landscape ecological risk was clarified using the human-nature system method. The conclusion shows that urbanization, mineral development and management, and the implementation of forest and grass policies are the main driving factors for the change of landscape ecological risks in Hailar River basin.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lei Huang, Dongrui Wang, Chunli He
Summary: This study establishes an ecological resistance surface to evaluate the ecological security level of Lhasa, showing that the city has a good ecological security level with higher levels in the north, northwest, and northeast areas. The study also identifies potential important ecological corridors and provides decision-making reference for the spatial layout of the ecological industry in Lhasa.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
