Valuing ecosystem services under grassland restoration scenarios in the Three-River Headwaters Region Nature Reserve, China

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lai Min ◽  
Wu Shaohong ◽  
Yin Yunhe
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Grassland Restoration

scholarly journals Ecosystem Services and Their Relationships in the Grain-for-Green Programme—A Case Study of Duolun County in Inner Mongolia, China

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 4036 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongliang Dang ◽  
Xiaobing Li ◽  
Shengkun Li ◽  
Huashun Dou
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Soil Conservation ◽  
Net Primary Production ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Vegetation Coverage ◽  
Water Yield ◽  
Grassland Restoration ◽  
Ecological Health ◽  
Grain For Green

Grassland restoration projects are currently being implemented to mitigate human disturbance to the natural environment and reduce grassland degradation. China’s Grain-for-Green Programme (GFGP), including one project implemented in Duolun County, China, in 2000, has significantly improved the overall ecological health of this region. Using a modeling approach, this study quantified changes in four ecosystem services (ESs), including Net Primary Production (NPP), soil conservation (SC), water yield (WY), and sandstorm prevention (SP), in Duolun County between 2000 and 2016. We found the total NPP, water yield, and soil conservation increased by 80.44%, 248.2%, and 12.2%, respectively, during this period, while the sandstorm prevention decreased by 55.9%. Unlike other areas of GFGP implementation, the improvement of the ecological environment in Duolun County is largely attributed to the increased of vegetation coverage (88%) instead of land use circulation (12%). We found the grassland is a factor that reduces the trade-off while this effect was related with the grassland coverage. Future policies should be based on the mechanisms of vegetation underlying the ESs change and the relationships of ESs in order to achieve sustainable provision of ESs.

Do protected areas networks ensure the supply of ecosystem services? Spatial patterns of two nature reserve systems in semi-arid Spain

2015 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio J. Castro ◽  
Berta Martín-López ◽  
Enrique López ◽  
Tobias Plieninger ◽  
Domingo Alcaraz-Segura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Semi Arid

The Analysis of the Evaluation of the Marine Nature Reserve-Ecosystem Services

2013 ◽  
Vol 726-731 ◽  
pp. 1194-1198
Author(s):  
Na Zhong
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Evaluation Methods ◽  
Ecological Compensation ◽  
Cultural Services ◽  
Regulating Services ◽  
Marine Ecosystem Services

The evaluation of the Marine Nature Reserve-ecosystem services is the key to set the criterion of the Marine Nature Reserve ecological compensation. Therefore, this paper identified and classified the Marine Nature Reserve-ecosystem services first. It pointed out that the Marine ecosystem services referred to the products and services that gained from the Marine Nature Reserve ecosystem, and were necessary for human to survive and develop, including the supplying services, regulating services, cultural services and supporting services. After that, this paper discussed the problems to evaluate ecosystem. Finally, it studied the evaluation methods and models of the Marine Nature Reserve-ecosystem services.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Ecosystem Service Changes due to Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics in Cham Chu Nature Reserve

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Vo Thanh Son ◽  
◽  
Luu The Anh ◽  
Dao Minh Truong ◽  
Trong Dai Ly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Ecosystem Services Value ◽  
Land Cover Dynamics ◽  
Action Strategies ◽  
Transfer Method

Assessment of ecosystem services is vital for successful natural resource allocation; however, these have been less studied within Vietnam. This study estimated the ecosystem services value (ESV) and its change in Cham Chu nature reserve, Vietnam using a benefit transfer method. Ecosystem service values estimation and trend analyses were carried out based on land use and land cover datasets from 1986, 1998, 2007, and 2017, with their corresponding global value coefficients. The results revealed that the total value of ecosystem services in Cham Chu was approximately 64.4, 63.9, 60.7, and 63.4 million USD in 1986, 1998, 2007, and 2017, respectively. Changes have also occurred in the values of individual ecosystem service functions. From 1986 to 2017, ecosystem service functions showed significant decreases in gas regulation, pollination, biological control, water regulation, water supply, and food production of 62.9%, 51.2%, 44.4%, 24.7%, 23.1%, and 13.0%, respectively. We conclude that the loss of ESV is a result of ecological deterioration in the studied landscape, and we propose further research to examine future solutions and establish action strategies. In summary, the research approach methodology developed can be used by land managers and planners in Vietnam as a guideline to estimate the importance of ecosystem services in Vietnam.

scholarly journals Assessment of the influence of anthropogenic factors on elements of the ecological network in Vojvodina (Serbia) using the Leopold matrix

2015 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 1209-1217
Author(s):  
Vesna Kicosev ◽  
Jovan Romelic ◽  
Andjelka Belic ◽  
Ivo Marinic ◽  
Biljana Panjkovic
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
Anthropogenic Influence ◽  
Anthropogenic Influences ◽  
Ecological Network ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The World ◽  
Building Area ◽  
Nature Park

Salt steppes and marshes represent the most valuable ecosystems in the world, providing numerous ecosystem services that are extremely vulnerable to anthropogenic influences. These types of habitat in the territory of Serbia are most dominant in Banat and a significant portion of them is under protection or in the process of becoming protected. The section surrounding the protected areas of Slano Kopovo Special Nature Reserve, Rusanda Nature Park and Okanj Bara Special Nature Reserve with the non-building area of Novi Becej, Kumane, Melenci, Elemir and Taras cadastral municipalities, has been chosen for the analysis. The aim of this paper was to assess the influence of specific anthropogenic factors on the elements of an ecological network using the analytical method that can generate the required results in a manner suitable for presentation to various stakeholders. To achieve this aim, the Leopold matrix model, used for assessing anthropogenic influence on the environment, has been chosen. The specificity of this issue of protecting and preserving elements of an ecological network resulted in the need to isolate and evaluate the factors affecting the preservation of habitats and functionality of ecosystems, unlike the concept of Leopold matrix, which treats all factors as equally important in the process of evaluation. Evaluation results indicate significant effects of historical, perennial manner of using the area and other resources in the non-building area.

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