Effects of the Implementation Intensity of Ecological Engineering on Ecosystem Service Tradeoffs in Qinghai Province, China
department or school: Forestry, Faculty of
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department or school: Forest and Conservation Sciences, Department of
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identifier citation: Land 13 (6): 848 (2024)
creator: Yan, Ke
creator: Zhao, Bingting
creator: Li, Yuanhui
creator: Wang, Xiangfu
creator: Jin, Jiaxin
creator: Jiang, Jiang
creator: Dong, Wenting
creator: Wang, Rongnv
creator: Yang, Hongqiang
creator: Wang, Tongli (Forest geneticist)
creator: Wang, Weifeng
issued: 2024-07-12T16:37:17Z
issued: 2024-06-14
description: Ecological engineering (EE) has a profound impact on land-use dynamics, leading to alterations in ecosystem services (ESs). However, an appropriate EE implementation intensity that can balance the tradeoffs associated with altered ESs well has always been a concern for researchers and policymakers. In this study, we set the transition probability of farmland, bare land, and desertification land to forest and natural shrub, with 2010–2020 as the natural implementation scenario, as 10% for the low-intensity implementation scenario (LIS), 30% for the medium-intensity scenario, and 50% for the high-intensity scenario. The patch-generating land-use simulation (PLUS) model was used to project land-use patterns and the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Service and Tradeoffs (InVEST) model was used to simulate changes in the quality of ESs under four EE implementation intensities in 2030. We then performed a quantitative tradeoff analysis on the dominant ESs under four scenarios and used the production possibility frontier (PPF) curve to identify the optimal EE implementation intensity scenario. Our results indicated that an increase in EE implementation intensity would lead to an increase in soil retention, water purification, habitat quality, and carbon storage, but also to a decrease in water yield, aggravating the tradeoffs between water yield and other ESs. In all EE implementation intensity scenarios, the LIS had the lowest tradeoff intensity index and balanced ESs well, and thus was the optimal EE implementation scenario in Qinghai province. Our results provide knowledge to help decision makers select the appropriate EE intensity to maintain sustainable development. The integrated methodology can also be applied in other conservation regions to carry out practical land management.
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note: Citation: Yan, K.; Zhao, B.; Li, Y.;Wang, X.; Jin, J.; Jiang, J.; Dong, W.;Wang, R.; Yang, H.; Wang, T.; et al.Effects of the ImplementationIntensity of Ecological Engineeringon Ecosystem Service Tradeoffs inQinghai Province, China. Land 2024,13, 848. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13060848Academic Editor: GuillermoJ. Martinez-PasturReceived: 31 March 2024Revised: 7 June 2024Accepted: 8 June 2024Published: 14 June 2024Copyright: © 2024 by the authors.Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.This article is an open access articledistributed under the terms andconditions of the Creative CommonsAttribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).landArticleEffects of the Implementation Intensity of EcologicalEngineering on Ecosystem Service Tradeoffs in QinghaiProvince, ChinaKe Yan 1,2, Bingting Zhao 1, Yuanhui Li 3, Xiangfu Wang 3,*, Jiaxin Jin 4 , Jiang Jiang 5, Wenting Dong 3,Rongnv Wang 3, Hongqiang Yang 6, Tongli Wang 2,* and Weifeng Wang 1,*1 Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Ecology and Environment,Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China2 Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia,Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada3 Northwest Surveying and Planning Institute of National Forestry and Grassland Administration,Key Laboratory National Forestry Administration on Ecological Hydrology and Disaster Prevention in AridRegions, Xi’an 710048, China4 College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China5 College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China6 College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China* Correspondence: wxf5378@163.com (X.W.); tongli.wang@ubc.ca (T.W.); wang.weifeng@njfu.edu.cn (W.W.)Abstract: Ecological engineering (EE) has a profound impact on land-use dynamics, leading toalterations in ecosystem services (ESs). However, an appropriate EE implementation intensity thatcan bal…
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is shown at: 10.14288/1.0444142
language: eng
peer review status: Reviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
publisher DOI: 10.3390/land13060848
rights: CC BY 4.0
rights URI: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
scholar level: Faculty
scholar level: Researcher
subject: ecological engineering
subject: land management
subject: multi-scenario simulation
subject: production possibility frontier
subject: tradeoff intensity
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/88631