Assessing the influences of ecological restoration on perceptions of cultural ecosystem services by residents of agricultural landscapes of western China

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.205

	Assessing the influences of ecological restoration on perceptions of cultural ecosystem services by residents of agricultural landscapes of western China
	Dou, Yuehan 1,2; Zhen, Lin 2,3; Yu, Xiubo 2,3; Bakker, Martha 1; Carsjens, Gerrit-Jan 1; Xue, Zhichao 3
刊名	SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
	2019
卷号	646 页码:685-695
关键词	Cultural ecosystem services Human perception Ecological restoration Agricultural landscapes Household survey
ISSN号	0048-9697
DOI	10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.205
通讯作者	Zhen, Lin(zhenl@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	Landscape change caused by ecological restoration projects has both positive and negative influences on human livelihoods, yet surprisingly little research on the cultural consequences of ecological restoration in agricultural landscapes has taken place. Cultural consequences can be captured in the ecosystem services framework as cultural ecosystem services (CES). However, assessment and valuation of these services to support decision-making for this essential ecosystem is lacking. To help fill this gap, we assessed the opinions of Chinese rural communities about CES and the changes in their perception under the Grain for Green program (GFG), a nationwide program to relieve the pressure on ecosystems (soil erosion and land degradation) by converting cultivated land or barren land on steep slopes into grassland and forests. We used Guyuan City in China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region as a case study, using a workshop to identify the CES provided by the agricultural landscape, followed by semi-structured household interviews to quantify perceptions of these CES. We found that all eight CES types identified by the workshop were perceived by the rural communities. Reforestation changed their perceptions of CES directly due to land cover change and indirectly due to the resulting economic changes and migration of mostly young workers in search of better jobs. Cultivated land was perceived as more important than forest for CES provision. In addition, residential areas were perceived as providing significant CES because of local traditions that produce close and highly social neighborhood bonds in agricultural landscapes. (c) 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
资助项目	National Key Research and Development Program of China[2016YFC0503700]
WOS关键词	HYPOTHETICAL BIAS ; URBAN AREAS ; VALUES ; LAND ; PROGRAM ; QUALITY ; GREEN ; CONSERVATION ; BIODIVERSITY ; ENGAGEMENT
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
WOS记录号	WOS:000445164800066
资助机构	National Key Research and Development Program of China
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/52953]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Zhen, Lin
作者单位	1.Wageningen Univ & Res, Land Use Planning Grp, NL-6700 HB Wageningen, Netherlands 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Resources & Environm, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Dou, Yuehan,Zhen, Lin,Yu, Xiubo,et al. Assessing the influences of ecological restoration on perceptions of cultural ecosystem services by residents of agricultural landscapes of western China[J]. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT,2019,646:685-695.
APA	Dou, Yuehan,Zhen, Lin,Yu, Xiubo,Bakker, Martha,Carsjens, Gerrit-Jan,&Xue, Zhichao.(2019).Assessing the influences of ecological restoration on perceptions of cultural ecosystem services by residents of agricultural landscapes of western China.SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT,646,685-695.
MLA	Dou, Yuehan,et al."Assessing the influences of ecological restoration on perceptions of cultural ecosystem services by residents of agricultural landscapes of western China".SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 646(2019):685-695.