Evaluation of ecosystem services of Chinese pine forests in China

Abstract

Evaluation of forest ecosystem services is a hot topic, both in China and at abroad, but it has not yet obtained a consistency of evaluation indicator systems and evaluation methods. Under the framework of evaluation criteria to be implemented for forest ecosystem services, years of consecutive observation data from Long Term Ecological Research Stations affiliated to Chinese Forest Ecosystem Research Network (CFERN), forest resource inventory and public data were applied to carry out a detailed and dynamic evaluation on the physical quantity and value of ecosystem services of Chinese pine forests in China. The results showed that the above services had the total value and unit value of 1144.9640 billion (1.1449640x10(12)) RMB and 52.074 thousand RMB per hectare per year, respectively during the 9th Five-year Plan (1996-2000), and of 1190.5461 billion RMB and 52.101 thousand RMB per hectare per year, respectively, during the 10th Five-year Plan (2001-2005). For Chinese pine forests, water conservation was 40.40 hundred million cubic meters annually, soil conservation was 67 million tons and C fixation 9 million tons annually, production of healthful negative ions was 1.96x10(20), absorption of SO(2) was 5.02 hundred million kilograms and dust-catching was 759.10 hundred million kilograms. Among the 15 provinces of China with Chinese pine forests, the biggest beneficiary from ecosystem services was Liaoning Province; while Hunan Province was the smallest beneficiary between the 9th Five-year Plan.

Patterns of Biomass and Carbon Distribution across a Chronosequence of Chinese Pine (Pinus tabulaeformis) Forests

“…Its ability to grow in poor site conditions as well as regenerate naturally as a secondary succession pioneer species following disturbances has led to the tree species covering a total of 228.10×10 4 ha [30] of forestland in China. Although biomass or C storage of this tree species in China have been quantified [31], [32], studies on the forest C stock and C allocation patterns along stand development are scarce [29].…”

Using assessment of net ecosystem services to promote sustainability of golf course in China

“…Economic evaluation of the flood storage service was calculated similarly to Guo et al (2008), using the shadow engineering method. It is based on the cost of constructing a reservoir which would fulfill the same water control function, which can be expressed as follows:…”

Effective rainfall seasons for interannual variation in δ13C and tree-ring width in early and late wood of Chinese pine and black locust on the Loess Plateau, China

“…Chinese pine, an evergreen coniferous tree, has low water consumption with slow growth (Han et al 1994). It is a species native to the area and is used to construct houses, bridges, railway ties, and for resin collection (Guo et al 2008). Black locust, a deciduous broad-leaved tree, grows fast and supplies nitrogen to the soil due to its nitrogen-fixing ability (Rice et al 2004), although it consumes water intensively (Han et al 1994).…”