Simultaneous enhancement of ecosystem services and poverty reduction through adjustments to subsidy policies relating to grassland use in Tibet, China

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101254

	Simultaneous enhancement of ecosystem services and poverty reduction through adjustments to subsidy policies relating to grassland use in Tibet, China
	Pan, Ying 3; Wu, Junxi 1,3; Zhang, Yanjie 2; Zhang, Xianzhou 1,3; Yu, Chengqun 1,3
刊名	ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
	2021-04-01
卷号	48 页码:8
关键词	Cost?benefit analysis Ecosystem services Grasslands Land-use simulation Subsidy Tibet
ISSN号	2212-0416
DOI	10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101254
通讯作者	Pan, Ying(panying@igsnrr.ac.cn) ; Wu, Junxi(wujx@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	Restrictions on stakeholders? utilization of ecosystems and associated subsidies are commonly used to simulta-neously enhance ecosystem conservation and poverty reduction. However, methodologies identifying adjust-ments to subsidy policies that produce more effective conservation approaches are lacking. In this study, we integrated cost?benefit analysis and land-use modeling to simulate changes in grassland use under different subsidy scenarios. Subsequently, we analyzed the effects of changes in subsidy policies on ecosystem services and household income using two new indices. The results showed that annually planted and mowed grassland was 21 times more economically profitable than natural grazed grassland, although its ecosystem services were of lower value. Fencing grassland resulted in economic and ecological profits, although their extent depended on the types of subsidies provided. Average capital-use efficiency under the interest-free loan scenario was considerably higher than that under the cash subsidy scenario, and thus the former was economically advantageous. From the perspective of ecosystem services benefits, capital efficiency was positive under the cash subsidy scenario but negative under the interest-free loan scenario. The results suggest that on the one hand, cash subsidies are effective in providing economic compensation for poor households, reducing poverty and supporting ecosystem conservation while releasing household labor for part-time urban employment. On the other hand, interest-free loans provide households with the initial capital necessary to commence forage production and subsequently provide employment. Therefore, simultaneously providing cash subsidies and interest-free loans could achieve a win?win outcome, whereby the ecosystem is conserved and household income is increased while limiting the government?s financial burden.
资助项目	Edanz Group China ; National Key Research and Development Program of China[2016YFC0502004] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[31971560] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[31570460]
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER
WOS记录号	WOS:000632480900001
资助机构	Edanz Group China ; National Key Research and Development Program of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/161656]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Pan, Ying; Wu, Junxi
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Key Lab Ecosyst Network Observat & Modelling, Lhasa Plateau Ecosyst Res Stn, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Dali Univ, Coll Agr & Biol Sci, Dali 671003, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Pan, Ying,Wu, Junxi,Zhang, Yanjie,et al. Simultaneous enhancement of ecosystem services and poverty reduction through adjustments to subsidy policies relating to grassland use in Tibet, China[J]. ECOSYSTEM SERVICES,2021,48:8.
APA	Pan, Ying,Wu, Junxi,Zhang, Yanjie,Zhang, Xianzhou,&Yu, Chengqun.(2021).Simultaneous enhancement of ecosystem services and poverty reduction through adjustments to subsidy policies relating to grassland use in Tibet, China.ECOSYSTEM SERVICES,48,8.
MLA	Pan, Ying,et al."Simultaneous enhancement of ecosystem services and poverty reduction through adjustments to subsidy policies relating to grassland use in Tibet, China".ECOSYSTEM SERVICES 48(2021):8.