Progress and Prospects of Forest Ecological Asset Research

Tingling Li, Kangning Xiong, Shan Yang, Haiyan Liu, Yao Qin and Zhifu Wang
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Tingling Li: School of Karst Science, State Engineering Technology Institute for Karst Desertification Control of China, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, China
Kangning Xiong: School of Karst Science, State Engineering Technology Institute for Karst Desertification Control of China, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, China
Shan Yang: School of Karst Science, State Engineering Technology Institute for Karst Desertification Control of China, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, China
Haiyan Liu: School of Karst Science, State Engineering Technology Institute for Karst Desertification Control of China, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, China
Yao Qin: School of Karst Science, State Engineering Technology Institute for Karst Desertification Control of China, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, China
Zhifu Wang: School of Karst Science, State Engineering Technology Institute for Karst Desertification Control of China, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, China

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-18

Abstract: In recent years, in the face of the deterioration of the ecological environment, the research on forest ecological assets (FEA) has increasingly become a focal area of ecological research. To understand the current research progress and future prospects, this paper classifies and summarizes the main progress and achievements related to FEA in terms of theoretical studies, index systems, technical methods, and accounting models. In view of the existing research results, this paper proposes seven key scientific and technical problems and prospects to be solved, including the unification of the concept of ecological assets, the focus of future research on FEA, the construction of an evaluation index system according to local conditions, the integration of data assimilation methods that complement ground and remote sensing observations, the study of the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of forest ecological assets, the study of the net value of FEA, and the preservation and appreciation of FEA.

Keywords: forests; ecosystems; ecological assets; ecosystem services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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