Ecological Compensation in the Context of Carbon Neutrality: A Case Involving Service Production-Transmission and Distribution-Service Consumption

Tianlin Zhai, Linke Wu, Yuanmeng Chen, Mian Faisal Nazir, Mingyuan Chang, Yuanbo Ma, Enxiang Cai, Guanyu Ding, Chenchen Zhao, Ling Li () and Longyang Huang ()
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Tianlin Zhai: College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
Linke Wu: Beijing Kuo Ye Tian Yuan Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Beijing 102112, China
Yuanmeng Chen: College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
Mian Faisal Nazir: State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China
Mingyuan Chang: College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
Yuanbo Ma: College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
Enxiang Cai: College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
Guanyu Ding: College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
Chenchen Zhao: International Laboratory for Green Pest Control/College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
Ling Li: College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
Longyang Huang: School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 12, 1-18

Abstract: Carbon ecological compensation is essential to coordinate regional environmental protection, reduce the gap between the economic development of protected areas and beneficiary areas, and achieve carbon neutrality. This paper proposed a theoretical framework for ecological compensation using the theories of carbon balance, externality, ecosystem services, and carbon trading mechanisms. Based on the analysis of the ecological compensation priority sequence in Henan Province, the suppliers and consumers of carbon sequestration were identified, and cross-regional ecological compensation was realized through ecosystem services flow. The results showed that the carbon sequestration supply in Henan Province was characterized as being high in the west and low in the east, while the demand was the opposite. Affected by the suitable environmental conditions, many areas had an ecological surplus pattern, and the carbon sequestration supply was more significant than the demand. Central and south-western Henan Province were distinct ecological compensation payment areas and receiving areas, respectively. Nanyang, which had the largest carbon sequestration flow and the largest ecological contribution to other regions, received the highest ecological compensation fund of CNY 4.069 billion. This study can provide decision support for carbon ecological compensation in the context of carbon neutrality.

Keywords: carbon neutrality; ecosystem services; supply; demand and flow; ecological compensation; carbon sequestration; environmental justice; Henan province (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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