Estimation of the Value of Forest Ecosystem Services in Pudacuo National Park, China

Yue Chen, Weili Kou (), Xianguang Ma, Xiaoyan Wei, Maojia Gong, Xiong Yin, Jingting Li and Jianqiang Li ()
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Yue Chen: College of Mechanics and Transportation, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
Weili Kou: College of Big Data and Intelligence Engineering, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
Xianguang Ma: Institute of Integrated Research, Yunnan Institute of Land Resources Planning and Design, Kunming 650216, China
Xiaoyan Wei: Yunnan Provincial Archives of Surveying and Mapping (Yunnan Provincial Geomatics Centre), Kunming 650034, China
Maojia Gong: College of Forestry, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
Xiong Yin: College of Big Data and Intelligence Engineering, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
Jingting Li: College of Forestry, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
Jianqiang Li: College of Ecology and Environment, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 17, 1-16

Abstract: Forest ecosystems play an important role in maintaining the stability of the biosphere and improving the ecological environment. The valuation of forest ecosystem services provides data to support the implementation of forest ecosystem conservation and the development of ecological-compensation standards. We used multiple sources of data, such as remote-sensing and ground data, and we employed the methods of substitute market, shadow project, and contingent valuation. We valued the forest ecosystem services of Pudacuo National Park in Shangri-La, China, which consisted of six functions: soil conservation, forest nutrient retention, water conservation, carbon fixation and oxygen released, forest health care, and atmospheric environmental purification. The results showed that: the value of forest ecological services in Pudacuo National Park was 4.49 × 10 9 yuan·a −1 , with higher values of carbon fixation and oxygen released, water conservation, and forest health care, in the following order: carbon fixation and oxygen released (3.85 × 10 9 yuan·a −1 ), water conservation (3.40 × 10 8 yuan·a −1 ), forest health care (1.44 × 10 8 yuan·a −1 ), soil conservation (1.15 × 10 8 yuan·a −1 ), forest nutrient retention (3.29 × 10 7 yuan·a −1 ), and atmosphere environmental purification (1.17 × 10 7 yuan·a −1 ). In addition, the value of services per stand and unit area is discussed, and the results of the study will inform the government’s ecological-compensation criteria in high-quality environmental areas.

Keywords: forest ecosystem; Pudacuo National Park; Shangri-La; the value of ecosystem services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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