Improving ecological conservation and restoration through payment for ecosystem services in Northeastern Tibetan Plateau, China

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.04.005

	Improving ecological conservation and restoration through payment for ecosystem services in Northeastern Tibetan Plateau, China
	Huang, Lin 1; Shao, Quanqin 1; Liu, Jiyuan 1; Lu, Qingshui 2
刊名	ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
	2018-06-01
卷号	31 页码:181-193
关键词	Payment for ecosystem services Ecological restoration and conservation Ecosystem change Alpine regions
ISSN号	2212-0416
DOI	10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.04.005
通讯作者	Huang, Lin(huanglin@lreis.ac.cn)
英文摘要	To protect biodiversity, restore ecosystems and improve the livelihoods of indigenous herders, a payment for ecosystem services program has been implemented in the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau. We monitored and assessed its effectiveness and analysed the factors that may contribute to the success or failure of the program. By comparing ecosystem changes between project and non-project regions, we found that the increased area of grassland and wetland, the proportion of restored grassland, and the enhanced net primary production and forage yields were higher in project regions, which indicated that the majority of restoration measures are effective at the local scale. However, the soil erosion modulus and ecosystem soil conservation service were ineffective owing to unrecovered root systems and increased precipitation. The results of interviews with herdsmen demonstrated a slight increase in annual net income for herder households, especially for eco-immigrants compensated by the program. However, it was difficult to reduce overgrazing dramatically because eco-immigrants mainly included elderly herders and herders with less livestock. Therefore, the eco-immigrants and their livelihoods need to be reconsidered in targeting for subsequent programs. Furthermore, this study reinforced the need to apply multiple sources of funds and measurements to benefit ecological conservation in alpine regions. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
资助项目	Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences[QYZDB-SSW-DQC005] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41501117] ; National Key Research and Development Program[2017YFC0506503]
WOS关键词	WATERSHED SERVICES ; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ; LATIN-AMERICA ; PES ; IMPACTS ; PROGRAMS ; SUPPORT ; POVERTY ; POLICY ; IMPLEMENTATION
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
WOS记录号	WOS:000433427900017
资助机构	Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Key Research and Development Program
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/54952]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Huang, Lin
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Univ Jinan, Jinan, Shandong, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Huang, Lin,Shao, Quanqin,Liu, Jiyuan,et al. Improving ecological conservation and restoration through payment for ecosystem services in Northeastern Tibetan Plateau, China[J]. ECOSYSTEM SERVICES,2018,31:181-193.
APA	Huang, Lin,Shao, Quanqin,Liu, Jiyuan,&Lu, Qingshui.(2018).Improving ecological conservation and restoration through payment for ecosystem services in Northeastern Tibetan Plateau, China.ECOSYSTEM SERVICES,31,181-193.
MLA	Huang, Lin,et al."Improving ecological conservation and restoration through payment for ecosystem services in Northeastern Tibetan Plateau, China".ECOSYSTEM SERVICES 31(2018):181-193.