The Function and Value of Water Conservation of Forest Ecosystem in Gongbo Nature Reserve of Tibet

Jia Tang, Jiang-ping Fang, Ping Li, Jian-bin Guo, Jie Lu and Qing-juan Yuan

Asian Agricultural Research, 2012, vol. 04, issue 01, 3

Abstract: Gongbo Nature Reserve, located in Nyingchi of Tibet, is by far the largest construction project of forest reserves that China approves and invests in. This article adopts the shadow project method, and estimates the water conservation function of forest ecosystem of Gongbo Nature Reserve based on the Specifications for Assessment of Forest Ecosystem Services in China promulgated by State Forestry Administration of China. The results show that the total value of water conservation of forest ecosystem in Gongbo Nature Reserve is 8.485 billion yuan, while the function of water conservation is a small fraction of ecological service function, indicating that there is great ecological value in service function of forest ecosystem in Gongbo Nature Reserve, that is, Gongbo Nature Reserve has vital ecological value.

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Date: 2012
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