<p>Ecosystem service is an important basis for supporting ecological compensation. Clarifying the relationship between their supply and demand, alongside identifying compensation priorities, is crucial for developing effective and sustainable compensation strategies. Based on the analytical framework of ecosystem service supply and demand and ecological compensation, the current study introduces an innovative ecological compensation demand index and designs different vertical ecological compensation schemes according to the demand index to make vertical ecological compensation schemes for government implementation according to the calculated demand levels. A new fund allocation scheme based on the ecological compensation demand index has been proposed. The findings demonstrated that: (1) significant regional variation exists in the upper limits of ecological compensation. The upper limit of ecological compensation in Nine Plateau Lakes was found to be 90.606&#xa0;billion yuan, with the Dianchi Lake demonstrating the highest value at 25.977&#xa0;billion yuan, and the lowest value was observed in the Yangzonghai Lake (16.69&#xa0;billion yuan).(2) No direct relationship was observed between the demand for ecological compensation and the compensation upper limit. Although Dianchi Lake had the highest compensation upper limit with a demand index of 0.07, Lugu Lake demonstrated the highest demand index of 0.87. (3) Three allocation schemes (comprehensive, sequential, distribution-based) are proposed. The distribution-based scheme can achieve upper-limit compensation in priority areas with 5.684&#xa0;billion yuan, and 32.059&#xa0;billion yuan can cover the optimal threshold for 50% of basin units. This study further promoted the decision-making in ecosystem service–based ecological compensation management by proposing a practical fund allocation framework applicable to limited government financial capacities, thus providing a scientific reference for developing vertical ecological compensation schemes in China and even throughout the world.</p>

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Research on vertical ecological compensation mechanism based on ecosystem services supply-demand balance—A case study of the Nine Plateau Lakes in Yunnan Province

  • Jianjun Sheng,
  • Qingfeng Xiao,
  • Zhanpeng Du,
  • Qin Zhang,
  • Yan liu,
  • Yinglan Xue

摘要

Ecosystem service is an important basis for supporting ecological compensation. Clarifying the relationship between their supply and demand, alongside identifying compensation priorities, is crucial for developing effective and sustainable compensation strategies. Based on the analytical framework of ecosystem service supply and demand and ecological compensation, the current study introduces an innovative ecological compensation demand index and designs different vertical ecological compensation schemes according to the demand index to make vertical ecological compensation schemes for government implementation according to the calculated demand levels. A new fund allocation scheme based on the ecological compensation demand index has been proposed. The findings demonstrated that: (1) significant regional variation exists in the upper limits of ecological compensation. The upper limit of ecological compensation in Nine Plateau Lakes was found to be 90.606 billion yuan, with the Dianchi Lake demonstrating the highest value at 25.977 billion yuan, and the lowest value was observed in the Yangzonghai Lake (16.69 billion yuan).(2) No direct relationship was observed between the demand for ecological compensation and the compensation upper limit. Although Dianchi Lake had the highest compensation upper limit with a demand index of 0.07, Lugu Lake demonstrated the highest demand index of 0.87. (3) Three allocation schemes (comprehensive, sequential, distribution-based) are proposed. The distribution-based scheme can achieve upper-limit compensation in priority areas with 5.684 billion yuan, and 32.059 billion yuan can cover the optimal threshold for 50% of basin units. This study further promoted the decision-making in ecosystem service–based ecological compensation management by proposing a practical fund allocation framework applicable to limited government financial capacities, thus providing a scientific reference for developing vertical ecological compensation schemes in China and even throughout the world.