Gains or losses? A quantitative estimation of environmental and economic effects of an ecological compensation policy

doi:10.1002/eap.2341

	Gains or losses? A quantitative estimation of environmental and economic effects of an ecological compensation policy
	Zhang, Qian 1,2; Hong, Jiayu 1,3; Wu, Feng 1,3; Yang, Yu 4; Dong, Congcong 5
刊名	ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
	2021-05-25
页码	14
关键词	agricultural income ecological compensation program environmental effect Paddy land– to– dry land program propensity score matching quantitative policy evaluation
ISSN号	1051-0761
DOI	10.1002/eap.2341
通讯作者	Wu, Feng(wufeng@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	Ecological compensation is an innovative and effective tool to explore the coordinated development of socioeconomic prosperity and ecological protection, especially for a watershed crossing different regions. It converts the externalities of ecosystem services into practical financial incentives for local stakeholders. This empirical study applies a quantitative policy evaluation approach to evaluate the environmental and economic effects of an ecological compensation policy, using the paddy land-to-dry land (PLDL) program implemented in China's Miyun Reservoir watershed as an example. The study is based on responses to a 2017 questionnaire regarding agricultural production inputs and outputs administered to 269 households in Hebei Province, where the PLDL program has been operational for over 10 yr. The results show that the program has reduced nitrogen usage by 24% on average in 2017 and decreased the total nitrogen emission load by 16.98 tons for the entire case area, which accounts for approximately 18.6% of the total nitrogen load reduction of the Miyun Reservoir basin. However, the upstream households involved in this program have experienced agricultural income losses higher than that allowed for by the current compensation criterion. Therefore, this paper discusses the factors that should be considered in the process of determining ecological compensation criteria. In particular, the paper proposes a differential compensation scheme based on the environmental effect at the individual level to avoid a standard payment for all households irrespective of their different contributions. This differential compensation payment scheme facilitates the fair treatment of environmental contributors and maximizes environmental benefits through an equitable allocation of limited ecological compensation funds. This study serves as a theoretical and practical reference for further improvement of the current ecological compensation policy in China. The study also sheds light on practices for estimating ecological compensation criteria and formulating ecological compensation policies for other regions or countries in the future.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[71774151] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[5171102058] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41671526]
WOS关键词	ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ; PROPENSITY SCORE ; MIYUN RESERVOIR ; USE EFFICIENCY ; MANAGEMENT ; PAYMENTS ; CONSERVATION ; IMPACTS ; BASIN ; BIODIVERSITY
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	WILEY
WOS记录号	WOS:000653599600001
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/162529]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Wu, Feng
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.China Agr Univ, Coll Land Sci & Technol, Beijing 100193, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Resources & Environm, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 4.Chengdu Univ Technol, Sch Business, Chengdu 610059, Peoples R China 5.China Univ Geosci, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Qian,Hong, Jiayu,Wu, Feng,et al. Gains or losses? A quantitative estimation of environmental and economic effects of an ecological compensation policy[J]. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS,2021:14.
APA	Zhang, Qian,Hong, Jiayu,Wu, Feng,Yang, Yu,&Dong, Congcong.(2021).Gains or losses? A quantitative estimation of environmental and economic effects of an ecological compensation policy.ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS,14.
MLA	Zhang, Qian,et al."Gains or losses? A quantitative estimation of environmental and economic effects of an ecological compensation policy".ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS (2021):14.