Assessment of the Grassland Ecological Compensation Policy (GECP) in Qinghai, China

Fuyu Yang (), Jingjing Xu, Xin Zhao, Xuekai Wang and Yi Xiong
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Fuyu Yang: College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, China
Jingjing Xu: College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Xin Zhao: College of Information and Electrical Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
Xuekai Wang: College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Yi Xiong: College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China

Agriculture, 2022, vol. 12, issue 9, 1-16

Abstract: The grassland condition in Qinghai Province has changed dramatically after implementation of the Grassland Ecological Compensation Policy (GECP). The changes in grassland Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and those in grassland area and grassland Remote Sensing Ecological Index (RESI) reveal that the policy has indeed played a crucial role in grassland ecological recovery. Although in the first round of policy implementation from 2011–2015, the quality of grassland has not improved significantly, and degradation even occurred in some areas, the second round of the policy implementation reversed this trend. As the world’s only ecological subsidy policy for grassland ecosystems, it should continue to be implemented and monitored for better recovery of grassland ecology and production activities of herders that are concerned.

Keywords: Grassland Ecological Compensation Policy (GECP); grassland degradation; Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI); Remote Sensing Ecological Index (RESI) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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