Assessment of Wetland Ecosystem Services in Tien Yen Estuary, Quang Ninh Province

Abstract

Wetland ecosystems have provided high biological productivity, played an important role in the stability and development of coastal people. The wetland ecosystem service (WES) assessment is an effective tool for calculating direct and indirect benefits that humans obtained from these ecosystems based on monetary valuation. The value of WES in the Tien Yen estuary area has been assessed and calculated using a combination of different methods, including cost-benefit analysis, questionnaire survey, and remote sensing and GIS. The results showed the particular monetary values of 11 WES obtained from 10 wetland ecosystems and total WES value in the study area. The outcome can become the scientific basis to choose the suitable solutions for sustainable use of natural resources in the relationship between preservation and exploitation of wetlands in the future.
 

Evaluating the Importance of Ecosystem Services in University Campus

“…Although ecosystem services in Vietnam have been commonly studied with natural ecosystems such as forests [20], wetland [21,22], and rivers [23], there were almost no studies evaluating the importance of landscapes and human satisfaction with ES. Therefore, planning and developing ecosystems has faced many difficulties due to a lack of basis to identify ecosystem services that need to be prioritized for improvement.…”