简介:Marketbasedinitiativesformanagementofdegradingecosystemsandtheirserviceshavereceivedtheaddedattentionasoneoftheinnovativeresponsesintherecentyears.Thoseinitiativessuchasdirectandindirectpaymentforecosystemserviceslikepremiumforrainforesthoney,paymentbythepeopleatthelowerreachtothoseattheupperreachforthewatershedservicesetc.havedrawntheattentionofthedecisionmakersastheyhaveprovedtobefarmorecosteffective.Thispapersynthesizesthekeymessagesfromsomeofthecelebratedbutwellestablishedmarketforecosystemservicesacrosstheworld.Theecosystemservicesconsideredinthepaperarecar-bon,watershedservicesandbiodiversity.Wefindthatwhilecrediblevaluationofecosystemservicesforallservicesremainacriticalconcernbehindsettingupthepaymentmechanism,absentofnecessaryinstitutionalframeworkmayseriouslyunderminethisinnovativeresponseformanagementofecosystems.Inthepaper,necessaryinstitution-almechanismsenablingthemarketforthoseserviceshavebeensketchedout.Keymessagesfromthosecaseshavebeensynthesized.
简介:Withthedevelopmentofmetropolitanregionsandtheappearanceofurbanagglomerations,citieshavebeenmorecloselyrelated.Fortherestrictedemergencyrescueresourceinasinglecity,ithasbecomemoreandmoreimminentforthedemandoftheintercitycollaborativeresistancetomajoraccident,soastoimprovetheprotectioncapacityofurbansecurity.Inordertofindaneffectiveintercityemergencyrescuecollaborativesystem,thispaperintroducestheconceptandanalysismethodofecosystemtheoryintointercityemergencyrescue.Basedontheanalysisoftheformation-processofemergencyrescueindividual,populationandcommunity,athree-levelintercityemergencyrescuecollaborativesystemisconstructedaccordingtothecharacteristicsofdynamicsandstructureofintercityemergencyrescueecosystem,thenthecollaborationmechanismofinformation,resourceandprocessintheintercityemergencyrescueecosystemisalsostudiedinthispaper,soastoofferavailablestrategyandmethodfortheecosystemtheoryappliedtointercityemergencyrescue.Throughthestudiesofintercityemergencyrescueeco-system,itilluminatesthattheproposedemergencysystemcannotonlycopewiththemajoraccidentmoretimelyandeffectively,butalsointegratetheintercityinformationresourcesandemergencyrescueresourceandprocessoptimization.
简介:TheValueoftheWorld'sEcosystemServicesandNaturalCapitalbyCostanzain1997isgenerallyre-gardedasamonumentfortheresearchofvaluingecosystemservices.However,theclassificationofecosystemser-vices,themethodofvariousservicessummationandthepurposeforstaticglobalvaluehadbeconfrontedbymanycriticisms.Basedonthesummaryofthesecriticisms,suggestions,relatedfunctionassessmentandfurtherstudydirection,thesustainabilityofecosystemservicesispresented.Thetwobasicindicatorsinecology,productivityandbiodiversity,respectivelycharacteringtheabilityofproducingandself-organizing,notonlyrepresenttheinternalfunctionofecosystem,butalsoareproportionedtoitsexternalfunctionofsupportingandprovidingforhumanlife.Onpresentingthegeneralformofecosystemservicesassessment,thispaperimprovesthemathematicalformulabygivingafunctionadjustingcoefficientcomposedofproductivityandbiodiversity.Theoretically,theintegrationofthetwoindicatorsreflectsthechangesofecosystemservicesatspatialandtemporalscales,canphysicallyassessthesustainabilityofecosystemservices,andbuildafirmscientificfundamentofvalueassessmentforecosystemservices.Objectively,itsapplicationshouldbestrictlytestedinnextstep.
简介:Thepaper,basedontheconceptandtheelementsofhumanresourceecosystem(HREcosystem),studiesthefunctionandstructureofHREcosystem,introducestheentropytheorytodefinethecontentofentropyofHREcosystem,constructsthecorrespondingdistinctivemodeltodistinguishthedirectionoftheevolutionofHREcosystemandtheevolutionaryentropymodel,andappliesthemodelstodemonstratetheevolutionaryrulesofHREcosystem.ThestudyshowsthattheentropytheorycanbewellappliedtotheanalysisonHREcosystemandthatitopensupanewfieldintheresearchofhumanresourcemanagementandprovidesaneweffectivetechnicalmethod.
简介:Basedonacomprehensiveanalysisonvariousclassificationsofnaturalresourcevalues,thispapersummarizesanecologicalservicessystemofconstructedwetland(CW)ecosystemsfortheaccountingofecologicaleconomicvalue.Withtheresearch,thewetlandecosystemservicescanbeclassifiedintosixcategories,thatiswastetreatment,foodandmaterialproduction,watersupply,gasregulations,disturbanceandwaterregulations,habitatandrefugeprovision.Fordecisionmakingintermsofenvironmentaleconomicsforwetlandconstruction,ecosystemservicesvalueforthewetlandinSuzhouTaihuLakeNationalTouristandHolidayResortisaccountedfor7,088,769USD/yrthroughEnvironmentalEconomicsAnalysis.Ecosystemservicesvalueofwastetreatmentis825,000USD/yr,thatoffoodandmaterialproductionis1,430USD/yr,thatofwatersupplyis4,752,000USD/yr,thatofgasregulationis2,251USD/yr,thatofdisturbanceandwaterregulationsis1,3721USD/yr,andthatofhabitatandrefugeprovisionvalueis1,494,367USD/yr.TheecosystemservicesvaluesofapilotconstructedwetlandinSuzhouarecomparedwiththoseofotherwetlandsasameanandofatypicalhuman-interferedwetlandinWenzhouofChina.Resultsshowthatinbothfiniteandinfinitetimehorizonsconsidered,thewetlandinSuzhouTaihuLakeNationalTouristandHolidayResorthasthelargestservicesvalue.ThispaperanalyzesalltheprobabilitythatmayweakenthevalueoftheSuzhouTaihuWetlandinordertoprovidesomeadvicesforthewetlandprotection.
简介:Economicnewnormalandthechangeofindustryenvironment,marketenvironmentandcompetitionenvironmentboosttheliquorindustrytoconductthetransitionaldevelopment.Byanalyzingthestatusquoandthemotivationoftransformationoftheliquorindustry,theliquorbusinessecosystemisconstructedinthispaper.Andthepathoftransitionaldevelopmentofliquorindustryisproposedbasedonthetypedivisionofliquorbusinessecosystem.Thenwegivesomecountermeasuresandsuggestionstoimprovetransitionaldevelopmentofliquorindustryfromtheaspectofliquorbusinessecosystem,governmentregulationandthetransformationofliquormakingcompany.
简介:Inthepast,evaluationsofecosystemfunctionsweremostlybasedonCostanza'smodel,whereasthespatial,qualityandtemporalcharacteristicsofregionalecosystemswerenotconsideredinthemodel.Focusingontheseissues,coefficientsofregionaldifference,spatialheterogeneityandwillingness-to-pay(WTP)wereestablishedtomodifyCostanza'smodel,andanewcomprehensivevaluationmodelofecosystemfunctionsisproposed.TheanalyticalresultsindicatethatthecomprehensivemodelcouldevaluateregionalecosystemfunctionsinChinaaccuratelyandprovidemorehelpfulinformationfordecision-making.TheempiricalstudyonZhangbeiCountyinHebeiProvinceshowsthattheintensivehumanactivitiescouldlimittheprovisionofecosystemfunctionswhiletheplannedecologicalprogramsmightpromotetherestorationofecosystemfunctions.
简介:ValuatingthefunctionofecosystemservicesiscrucialforaccountinggreenGDP,makingaconserva-tionpolicyofecologicalenvironmentandthedecisionofregionaldevelopmentaswellassustainabledevelopmentstrategy.Rice-duck-fishsymbiosishasbeenpromotedinseveraldevelopingcountriesasawayofincreasingincomesforricefarmers,butinvestigationsofitsvaluehavemainlyfocusedondirecteconomicbenefits,suchasfoodandrawmaterialproduction.Fewstudieshavebeenconductedontheestimationofindirectservicesprovidedbyrice-duck-fishcomplexecosystem.Thegasregulationserviceanditseconomicvaluesprovidedbyrice-duck-fishcomplexecosystemwerestudiedinWuhan,China.ThemajorcomponentsofgasregulationareO2emissionandgreenhousegases(GHGs,CO2)regulation.TheresultsshowthatO2emissionfromdifferenttreatments(includingrice-duck(RD),rice-fish(RF),rice-duck-fish(RDF)andrice(CK))rangedfrom26,370kg/hato33,910kg/haperyear,withaneco-nomicvalueof10,050-12,920yuan/haperyear(Chinesecurrency:1euro=10.2475yuan,August28,2007).ThenetGHGsexchangevariedfrom1,200to3,320kg/haperyear,anditseconomicvaluerangedfrom1,040yuan/hato2,900yuan/haperyear.Consequently,thetotaleconomicvalueofgasregulationprovidedbysymbiosiscomplexecosystemsrangedfrom11,090yuan/hato15,820yuan/haperyear,andthemaximumoveralleconomicvalueofgasregulationwasprovidedbyRDFcomplexecosystem.Theworkwillbeusefulforfurtherunderstandingofthefunc-tionsofrice-duck-fishcomplexecosystemservicesandsupplyingthetheoreticalreferencestoagriculturalpolicy.
简介:Fromthepointofspatio-temporalchangesofecologicalsystemtype,functionandvalue,inMengliancounty,landusing/coverdatawasbasedonthreeLandsatTMimages(respectivelyobtainedin2000,2005,2010and2015)whichwereinterpretedasbasicinformationsourcesbyusingRSandGIStechnologyandthenrevisingecosystemservicevalueperunitareainMengliancounty.ThispaperhasresearchedonthechangesofecosystemservicevalueofeconomicgardenforlargeareaplantingaswellasevaluatedecosystemservicevaluescientificallyinMengliancountycombinedwiththesensitivityanalysis.TheResultsshowedthat:(1)InMengliancounty,from2000to2015,landusepatternmanifestedasthetransformationfromlargeareasofcultivatedland,forestlandandshrubtotheeconomiclandscape,theeconomiclandscapeisincreasedby24458.31hm2,however,farmland,woodlandandshrubarereducedby24865.74hm2intotal;(2)ChangesofecosystemservicevalueiscloselyrelatedtoeconomiclandscapedevelopmentinMengliancounty.Thesituationofecosystemservicevalueshowsthechangingtrendfromimprovementtoseverityin2000-2015.ESVisincreasedby96.39millionyuanfrom2000to2005,whoseannualgrowthrateisabout0.56%·a-1.Butintheyearof2005to2015,ESVisreducedby120.23millionyuanandannualreducedrateisabout0.34%·a-1;(3)InMengliancounty,themainecologicalsystemisthewoodlandecologicalsystem,theprimaryecosystemservicefunctionsarebiodiversityprotection,gasregulation,soilformationandretention,climateregulationandwatersupply,theecologicalbenefitweredecreasedin2000-2015;(4)Fromtheaspectofspacedistribution,ecosystemservicevalueinMengliancountyisrelativelyhighinthecentralareaandrelativelynothighinthewesternandeasternarea.ESV(yuan·hm`(-2))waschangedobvious,Gongxintowntrendedtodecline,othertownsincreasedfirstthethenreduced.ThetemporalandspatialvariationofecosystemservicevalueinMengliancounty
简介:Atpresentabout60%ofecosystemhasbeendamagedanddegradedseverely,resultinginenormousecologicallossglobally.Theessentialcauseistheirrationalutilizationofecosystembyhumankind,soitisthekeytochangingimproperenvironmentalperformanceofhumankindsoastopreventecosystemfrombeingdamaged.Thequantitativevaluationonthelossofecologicaldamageisaneffectivetooltoguidehumanecoenvironmentalperformance.Inthispaper,theconceptsrelatedtothevaluationonecologicaldamagecostareintroduced;uncertaintiesthatmightariseinthevaluationonthelossofecologicaldamagesuchasareacoverageofvaluation,ecologicaldamagequantity,bordersofecologicaldamagecostanddatasupportareanalyzed;andthevaluationapproachesforthelossofecologicaldamagearealsodiscussed.Asacasestudy,theeconomiclossesofecologicaldamageofforestin2005inChinaarevaluated.