Comprehensive evaluation of ecological compensation effect in the Xiaohong River Basin, China

Yu, Mengxi; Liu, Meng; Guan, Xin; Liu, Wenkang

doi:10.1007/s11356-019-04208-z

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“…The existing methods that have been applied in quantifying eco-compensation standards include the shadow price method (Wei & Luo, 2020), market value method (Tian et al, 2021), mathematical method (Meng et al, 2019), and willingness to pay method (B. Yu & Xu, 2012), among others.…”

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“…The existing methods that have been applied in quantifying eco‐compensation standards include the shadow price method (Wei & Luo, 2020), market value method (Tian et al, 2021), mathematical method (Meng et al, 2019), and willingness to pay method (B. Yu & Xu, 2012), among others. However, there is no consensus yet on the best theoretical system based on these methods, each of which has both advantages and disadvantages and still needs some improvement.…”

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Knowledge structure of emergy theory in the field of eco‐compensation research: A grounded theory approach

Tan

Feng

2022

Natural Resources Forum

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Although emergy theory has made progress in the field of eco‐compensation research, there is still a lack of review articles, summarizing the existing knowledge structure in this area of study. Accordingly, the objective of this paper is to provide a reference for researchers by characterizing the current status of emergy theory in the field of eco‐compensation and to establish the internal logic structure among existing studies, based upon a qualitative analysis of textual data. Inspired by the grounded theory, twelve concepts within five categories of emergy theory were extracted by open, axial, and selective coding of relevant literature. Concepts were extracted from the texts and categories were determined according to the inherent logical relationships among those concepts. The “knowledge structure model of emergy theory in the field of eco‐compensation” was constructed and the following five principal categories were identified: “emergy indicators system,” the “integration of methods and theories,” “research subjects,” “calculation of compensation standards,” and “research concerns.” Moreover, core and supporting genera were also identified from these five axial codes. Finally, the research focuses and hotspots were explored according to the theoretical frameworks as indicated by the core and supporting genera. The findings of this paper provide a reference for researchers to further promote innovation in the application of emergy theory in the field of eco‐compensation.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Knowledge structure of emergy theory in the field of eco‐compensation research: A grounded theory approach

Tan

Feng

2022

Natural Resources Forum

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“…Meanwhile, it is just for the two attributes of public goods that there will be the phenomena of "public tragedy" and "free-riding" during the use of watershed resources [9,10]. Watershed eco-compensation (WEC) is widely accepted as an effective method for internalizing environmental externalities of conservation and as an economic facilitator of ecological environment management [11][12][13][14][15][16]. Compensatory mechanisms protect natural resources, biodiversity, ecosystem balance, ecological function, ecosystem services, and other ecological values [17][18][19].…”

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“…As a result, WEC has received wide attention as an innovative environmental protection policy. Well-designed policies and mechanisms will effectively reduce hitchhiking in the watershed environment and ameliorate water quantity and quality [12,16]. However, policies and laws relevant to WEC are still imperfect in China, especially the lack of economic policies, resulting in an unequal allocation of ecological and financial benefits among victims, protectors and beneficiaries [10].…”

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Watershed Eco-Compensation Mechanism in China: Policies, Practices and Recommendations

Cheng

Lan

et al. 2022

Water

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Watershed eco-compensation (WEC) is considered a significant environmental policy instrument for watershed ecological protection and management. However, in the legislation and practice of eco-compensation in China, the development of the WEC mechanism is still in the initial stages. In this paper, the institutional opportunities and challenges of WEC are analyzed from the existing policies, laws, and economical instruments. Theoretically, WEC in China has seen a combination of punitive-based “Watershed Ecological Damage Compensation (WEDC)” and incentive-based “Watershed Ecological Protective Compensation (WEPC)”. Through a comparative analysis of domestic and foreign watershed compensation practices, the results demonstrate that most of China’s WEC projects have an insufficient legal basis, a single compensatory subject, insufficient compensation funds, and an imperfect market-oriented compensation mechanism. To improve watershed eco-compensation in China, it is recommended to strengthen legislation, select diversified eco-compensation approaches, and establish a market-based and systematic eco-compensation mechanism for watersheds.

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“…To be specific, EC can transform ecological products and ecosystem services with non-marketability and externality into an economic stimulus to increase the environmental protectors' commitment, enhance ecosystem services and compensate for the losses of stakeholders [11]. In contrast to the punitive environmental protection policy and measures such as environmental protection tax and sewage tax, the EC aims to repair and eliminate the negative impact of human economic and social development on the ecosystem, give consideration to fairness and efficiency, alleviate the ecological interest conflict between different regions, and achieve the balance and coordination between regional economic development and ecological protection [12][13][14].…”

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A County-Scale Spillover Ecological Value Compensation Standard of Ecological Barrier Area in China: Based on an Extended Emergy Analysis

Zhang

et al. 2021

Agriculture

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Ecological compensation (EC) is an important way to solve the imbalance of cross-regional economic development and realize regional coordinated development. How to quantify the standard of EC has become a hot research topic. Firstly, this paper selected the Three Gorges Reservoir Region (TGRR) as the study area, and constructed a cross-regional spillover ecological value measurement model based on the extended emergy analysis. From the perspective of the “ecology–economy–society” complex ecosystem, this paper used emergy to reflect the social, economic, and ecological function and service value of the TGRR, and estimated the ecosystem emergy supply and consumption in the TGRR. Then, comparing the watershed ecosystem emergy supply and consumption, we can judge the status of the ecological surplus and deficit of the TGRR, and transfer the spillover ecological emergy to spillover ecological value (SEV) by using the emergy currency ratio (ECR). Finally, combined with different actual payment level coefficient, we can obtain a relatively objective and robust compensation standard. The results show that the SEV of the TGRR in 2016 is 2.70 × 1011 USD, which indicates that the TGRR is in the state of ecological surplus. The TGRR should get EC about 2.85 × 1011 USD according to the ECR. Based on the research results, it is suggested to expand the transfer payment to the TGRR. At the same time, it is suggested to formulate different ecological compensation standard (ECS) according to regional differences, which has important practical significance to establish the allocation standard of EC, and provides a typical case basis for other large reservoir areas or typical reservoir areas.

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Comprehensive evaluation of ecological compensation effect in the Xiaohong River Basin, China

Cited by 37 publications

References 35 publications

Knowledge structure of emergy theory in the field of eco‐compensation research: A grounded theory approach

Knowledge structure of emergy theory in the field of eco‐compensation research: A grounded theory approach

Watershed Eco-Compensation Mechanism in China: Policies, Practices and Recommendations

A County-Scale Spillover Ecological Value Compensation Standard of Ecological Barrier Area in China: Based on an Extended Emergy Analysis

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