Economic values and dominant providers of key ecosystem services of wetlands in Beijing, China

Zhang, Biao; Shi, Yunting; Liu, Junhui; Xu, Jie; Xie, Gaogang

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.02.005

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“…Research on the ESV in China reached its peak in 2010 [32]. Presently, most Chinese studies are restricted to certain ecosystem types [51], certain areas [52], or including China as a whole [53]. Though several studies are conducted on the ESV of the Heihe River Basin, their focus is the middle [54], and the lower reaches [55], which have a higher intensity of human activity.…”

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Evaluation of the Effects of Land Cover Change on Ecosystem Service Values in the Upper Reaches of the Heihe River Basin, Northwestern China

Zhao

2018

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Ecological protection and restoration results in a series of complicated changes in land cover. Lack of research on the historical and potential effects of land cover change on ecosystem service value (ESV) hinders decision-making on trade-offs involved in environmental management. To address this gap, the effects of land cover change on ESV in the upper reaches of the Heihe River Basin in northwestern China were evaluated. First, on the basis of land cover maps for 2001, 2008 and 2015, the land cover map for 2029 was predicted with CA-Markov model. Then, the changes in ESV resulting from land cover change were valuated with the benefit transfer method. The results showed that the total ESV increased from $1207.33 million (USD) in 2001 to $1479.48 million (USD) in 2015, and the value was expected to reach $1574.53 million (USD) in 2029. The increase in ESV can be mainly attributed to expansion in areas of wetland. In this study, the elastic index was applied to identify areas that were more sensitive to ecological management, aiding in selecting sites for investment in ecological protection and restoration programs. Furthermore, the potential effects of land cover change on ESV was evaluated. The results are of great importance for guiding future ecological management.The Heihe River is the second largest inland river in China, originating in the Qilian Mountains and flowing into the Inner Mongolia Plateau. Serving as the water source that supports sustainability of the agricultural ecosystems in the middle reaches and the stability of the ecosystems in the lower reaches, the upper reaches of the Heihe River Basin are an ideal case for ecological protection and restoration in northwestern China [17]. Since 2001, the scale of and investment in protecting and restoring natural asset have been greatly expanded. Accurate evaluation of effects of land cover change on ESV can support the decision-making process regarding the trade-offs involved in ecological management [18].Land cover change is a complex process with both spatial and temporal dimensions [19][20][21][22]. Currently, many models are developed to simulate future land cover change [23,24]. Most of the models, such as LUSD (Land Use Scenario Dynamics) [25], CLUE-S (Conversion of Land Use and its Effects at Small regional extent) [26], are more suitable for application in urban regions, rather than areas that are mostly covered by vegetation. While the CA-Markov (Cellular Automata-Markov) model can be applied in different areas. The hybrid model can simulate the spatial variation of complex systems with the Cellular Automata (CA) [27], and long-term predictions with the Markov Chain [28]. More importantly, the CA-Markov model allows setting goals of ecological protection and restoration programs as constrains, and setting habitats of various vegetation types as factors when producing suitability maps, thereby increasing the simulation accuracy in regions that are mostly covered by vegetation.To date, theoretical and methodological frameworks have been establ...

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Evaluation of the Effects of Land Cover Change on Ecosystem Service Values in the Upper Reaches of the Heihe River Basin, Northwestern China

Zhao

2018

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“…Wetlands are one of the highly productive ecosystems of the world, accounting for only about four per cent of the earth's ice-free land surface (Bassi et al 2014). They provide numerous goods and services to people living in their periphery, as well as people living outside the wetland area (Barbier et al 1997) including regulating climate and global nitrogen cycle, purifying water, recreational and cultural services, flood regulation and providing habitat for wildlife (Z h a n g et al 2017, Sharma et al 2015. Wetlands are very important ecosystems from the ecological and conservation perspective.…”

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Valuation of water purification service of Renukawetland, India: A Ramsar site

2021

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Wetlands are very important ecosystems from the ecological, productivity and conservation perspective. Economic valuation of ecosystem services provided by wetlandsquantifies the various benefits derived from wetlands and puts a value on their conservation. One such wetland of importance is the Renuka wetland, which is a natural wetland located in the Western Himalayas, in the State of Himachal Pradesh of India. The article aims to assess and evaluate the wetland for its water purification service. The study is based on multisource data and conventional evaluation method. The results show that the average depth of the Renuka wetland is 6.01 m and average volume was determined as 1072530.176 m3. The economic value of water purification service for Renuka wetland is estimated to be INR 31.9 million(0.44 million USD) thus identifying the Renuka wetland as a significant healthy ecosystem. The water purification value itself advocates its proper management and conservation.

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“…The wetland ecosystem is one of the most important ecosystems on earth, as it provides necessary ecosystem services such as flood control, climate regulation and habitat provision [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ]. Wetland serves as a stop-over region for rare migratory water birds.…”

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Optimization of Ecological Water Supplement Scheme for Improved Suitable Habitat Area for Rare Migratory Birds in Nature Reserves Using Interval-Parameter Fuzzy Two-Stage Stochastic Programming Model

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The optimization of ecological water supplement scheme in Momoge National Nature Reserve (MNNR), using an interval-parameter two-stage stochastic programming model (IPTSP), still experiences problems with fuzzy uncertainties and the wide scope of the obtained optimization schemes. These two limitations pose a high risk of system failure causing high decision risk for decision-makers and render it difficult to further undertake optimization schemes respectively. Therefore, an interval-parameter fuzzy two-stage stochastic programming (IPFTSP) model derived from an IPTSP model was constructed to address the random variable, the interval uncertainties and the fuzzy uncertainties in the water management system in the present study, to reduce decision risk and narrow down the scope of the optimization schemes. The constructed IPFTSP model was subsequently applied to the optimization of the ecological water supplement scheme of MNNR under different scenarios, to maximize the recovered habitat area and the carrying capacity for rare migratory water birds. As per the results of the IPFTSP model, the recovered habitat areas for rare migratory birds under low, medium and high flood flow scenarios were (14.06, 17.88) × 103, (14.92, 18.96) × 103 and (15.83, 19.43) × 103 ha, respectively, and the target value was (14.60, 18.47) × 103 ha with a fuzzy membership of (0.01, 0.83). Fuzzy membership reflects the possibility level that the model solutions satisfy the target value and the corresponding decision risk. We further observed that the habitat area recovered by the optimization schemes of the IPFTSP model was significantly increased compared to the recommended scheme, and the increases observed were (5.22%, 33.78%), (11.62%, 41.88%) and (18.44%, 45.39%). In addition, the interval widths of the recovered habitat areas in the IPFTSP model were reduced by 17.15%, 17.98% and 23.86%, in comparison to those from the IPTSP model. It was revealed that the IPFTSP model, besides generating the optimal decision schemes under different scenarios for decision-makers to select and providing decision space to adjust the decision schemes, also shortened the decision range, thereby reducing the decision risk and the difficulty of undertaking decision schemes. In addition, the fuzzy membership obtained from the IPFTSP model, reflecting the relationship among the possibility level, the target value, and the decision risk, assists the decision-makers in planning the ecological water supplement scheme with a preference for target value and decision risk.

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Economic values and dominant providers of key ecosystem services of wetlands in Beijing, China

Cited by 51 publications

References 15 publications

Evaluation of the Effects of Land Cover Change on Ecosystem Service Values in the Upper Reaches of the Heihe River Basin, Northwestern China

Evaluation of the Effects of Land Cover Change on Ecosystem Service Values in the Upper Reaches of the Heihe River Basin, Northwestern China

Valuation of water purification service of Renukawetland, India: A Ramsar site

Optimization of Ecological Water Supplement Scheme for Improved Suitable Habitat Area for Rare Migratory Birds in Nature Reserves Using Interval-Parameter Fuzzy Two-Stage Stochastic Programming Model

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