Assessment of ecological assets and gross ecosystem product value in Ordos City

Tian, 董天 Dong; Lu, 张路 Zhang; Yi, 肖燚 Xiao; Zheng, Hua; Binbin, 黄斌斌 Huang; Zhiyun, 欧阳志云 Ouyang

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“…Therefore, clarifying the connotation and extension of the concepts of ecological assets and ecological products is a necessary condition for promoting the restoration of ecologically fragile areas. Ecological assets (EAs) are ecosystems that provide welfare for human society within a certain time and space range and under technological conditions [12]. Ecological products (EPs) refer to the physical and intangible products produced through clean production, recycling, consumption reduction, and emission reduction [13].…”

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Research Progress on Grassland Eco-Assets and Eco-Products and Its Implications for the Enhancement of Ecosystem Service Function of Karst Desertification Control

Xiong,

He,

Chi

2023

Agronomy

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Grasslands in karst ecological fragile areas can effectively mitigate climate change, conserve biodiversity, maintain human well-being, and play a significant role in improving the health of regional ecosystems and farmers’ livelihoods. Thus, the study of grassland ecological assets and ecological products comprehensively examines their effects on grassland ecosystem services based on the traditional paradigm. This procedure is crucial from a strategic perspective for rebuilding damaged grassland ecosystems in karst regions, strengthening the efficacy of desertification control, and encouraging sustainable economic growth. In this review, 143 pertinent works on grassland ecological assets and ecological products are numerically and qualitatively analyzed. The findings demonstrated the following: (i) After 2012, there was an exponential increase in the number of studies. The most frequently researched topics were ecological assets, functional enhancement, and service management contents, accounting for 82.09% of the total literature; the research regions were primarily distributed in Asia and North America. (ii) The research patterns were slowly diversifying and becoming more interdisciplinary. (iii) There are five key scientific issues to be addressed in the research on grassland ecosystems and we summarize the main developments and landmark achievements. (iv) There is an intrinsic relationship between grassland ecological assets, ecological products, and desertification control, and we propose insights into the enhancement of karst grassland ecosystem service functions based on three perspectives: fragile environment, trade-off synergy, and service management. This study provides valuable insights for the development of regional ecological livestock and the scientific promotion of integrated desertification control.

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Research Progress on Grassland Eco-Assets and Eco-Products and Its Implications for the Enhancement of Ecosystem Service Function of Karst Desertification Control

Xiong,

He,

Chi

2023

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“…Chinese scholars are increasingly adopting GEP into their studies. So far, most studies are on the national and regional scales (Dolkar et al, 2017; Liang et al, 2021; Ma et al, 2017; Ouyang et al, 2020), however, applications of the GEP framework in Chinese cities are increasing (Deng et al, 2021; Dong et al, 2019; Yin et al, 2021). These studies identified an overall increasing trend of GEP in Chinese cities.…”

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Reconciling UES, GEP and NCP in Chinese cities

Yang

2023

Transactions in Earth, Environment, and Sustainability

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China is developing a new strategy to achieve harmony between nature and economic growth. In order to ensure the conformity of policies and actions in this new strategy, Chinese cities need tools to evaluate the change in nature and its contribution to human well-being. The rapid development of theories and methodologies in the valuation of nature provides many options. The potential of three frameworks — urban ecosystem services, nature’s contribution to people, and gross ecosystem products — for meeting Chinese cities’ needs was analyzed through a comprehensive literature review. The results show that the gross ecosystem products framework actively brings nature’s values into Chinese cities’ political agenda. The urban ecosystem services framework has been extensively used in scientific studies, while the nature’s contribution to people framework is gradually gaining researchers’ attention. The three frameworks complement each other due to their unique strengths in the social context of Chinese cities. Based on those discoveries, I recommend that Chinese cities adopt the three frameworks simultaneously to assess urban ecosystems and their contributions to residents’ well-being. To achieve this goal, I call for more studies to address the theoretical and methodological barriers to integrating the three frameworks.

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“…China is using GEP to guide investments in ecosystem conservation and restoration. At present, there are numerous projects that have been carried out in China to explore GEP accounting across provinces, cities, and counties, and as a policy metric it is being tested in pilot programs by numerous local governments (Dong et al, 2019;Jin et al, 2019;Ouyang et al, 2020;Zou et al, 2020), but there are few evaluation studies on the GEP value of desert ecosystems.…”

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Accounting of value of ecosystem services in the desert: an example of the Kubuqi Desert ecosystem

Liu,

Kong,

Jiang

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Front. Earth Sci.

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Ecological products and ecosystem services are essential for human survival and development. Gross Ecosystem Product (GEP) is a method to combine the value of ecosystem services and can reflect the status of ecosystem and ecological conservation and restoration performance. The conservation and restoration of desert ecosystems play an important role in expanding global cultivated land, ensuring food security, and improving human wellbeing. However, ecosystem services and the value of GEP in deserts have been neglected. Taking the Kubuqi Desert ecosystem as an example, this study evaluated the pattens, GEP value, and its change in the Kubuqi Desert ecosystem from 2000 to 2020. Our study found that 1) over the past 20 years, the areas of wetlands, forests, grasslands, and shrubs in the Kubuqi desert ecosystem had increased by 100.65%, 6.05%, 2.24%, and 2.03%, respectively, while that of desert had decreased by 10.62%; 2) the GEP of Kubuqi in 2020 was 55.48 billion CNY, among which its sandstorm prevention value was the highest (39.39%); 3) The value of ecosystem services in the Kubuqi desert ecosystem were all increased over the 20-year period and the largest increase came from sandstorm prevention (increased by 195.09%). This study emphasizes how GEP accounting can promote desert conservation and restoration, quantifies the contribution of desert ecosystems to human wellbeing, and provides future GEP accounting suggestions for desert ecosystems. This study can provide scientific information on the conservation and restoration of global desert ecosystems.

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Assessment of ecological assets and gross ecosystem product value in Ordos City

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Research Progress on Grassland Eco-Assets and Eco-Products and Its Implications for the Enhancement of Ecosystem Service Function of Karst Desertification Control

Research Progress on Grassland Eco-Assets and Eco-Products and Its Implications for the Enhancement of Ecosystem Service Function of Karst Desertification Control

Reconciling UES, GEP and NCP in Chinese cities

Accounting of value of ecosystem services in the desert: an example of the Kubuqi Desert ecosystem

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