To better promote forest resource management and strengthen the development of forest carbon sink marketization, this paper studied the accounting of forest carbon sinks from 2003 to 2008 based on a system of national...To better promote forest resource management and strengthen the development of forest carbon sink marketization, this paper studied the accounting of forest carbon sinks from 2003 to 2008 based on a system of national accounts （SNA） and data from the latest forest resources inventory in China. The study calculated the value of forest carbon stocks at a total of RMB 817.13 × 10^9 yuan in 2003 and RMB 839.93×10^9 yuan in 2008, with an average annual increase of 0.55 % from an increase in physical carbon sinks. The total value of forest carbon sinks in 2003 and 2008 was RMB 26.73×10^9 yuan and RMB 29.77×10^9 yuan, respectively, with an average annual growth of 2.18 %. From 2003 to 2008, both stock and flow value of forest carbon sinks increased, but the total net flow value of carbon sinks decreased. The growth rate for the environmentally adjusted Gross Domestic Product （eaGDP） for China＇s forest carbon sinks was 17.23 %, outstripping the average growth rate of 9.5 % for the GDP during the same period. The study alsoindicates that China＇s forest carbon sinks affects the GDP in the range of 0.25-0.26 %, and its economic potential is not relatively huge.展开更多
There is a broad acceptance to depicting the relationship between ecosystems and human well-being using the concept of ecosystem services,emanating in large from the findings and research published in the Millennium E...There is a broad acceptance to depicting the relationship between ecosystems and human well-being using the concept of ecosystem services,emanating in large from the findings and research published in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment in 2005.While the generic concept of ecosystem services provides an excellent platform for discussion,the ongoing lack of clarity surrounding the definition,clas sification and measurement of ecosystem services,is emerging as a barrier to more extensive collaboration across disciplines.This paper applies the principles of national accounting to bring additional rigor and consistency to the discussion on ecosystem services.In this paper we revisit four fundamental aspects of the System of National Accounts(SNA)that underpin the measurement of the economy,namely,the definition of economic units;the definition of production;the recording of transactions and the recording assets.By considering each of these aspects in the context of the United Nations'System of Environmental-Economic Accounting,the paper presents a framework to describe the relationship between ecosystems and human aativity that can then be used to consistently define,classify,measure and account for ecosystem services.展开更多
基金supported by National Key Social Science Research Project(11&ZD042)Forestry Public Welfare Scientific Research Project of the State Forestry Administration in China(200904003)DAAD-K.C.Wong Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme,Germany
文摘To better promote forest resource management and strengthen the development of forest carbon sink marketization, this paper studied the accounting of forest carbon sinks from 2003 to 2008 based on a system of national accounts （SNA） and data from the latest forest resources inventory in China. The study calculated the value of forest carbon stocks at a total of RMB 817.13 × 10^9 yuan in 2003 and RMB 839.93×10^9 yuan in 2008, with an average annual increase of 0.55 % from an increase in physical carbon sinks. The total value of forest carbon sinks in 2003 and 2008 was RMB 26.73×10^9 yuan and RMB 29.77×10^9 yuan, respectively, with an average annual growth of 2.18 %. From 2003 to 2008, both stock and flow value of forest carbon sinks increased, but the total net flow value of carbon sinks decreased. The growth rate for the environmentally adjusted Gross Domestic Product （eaGDP） for China＇s forest carbon sinks was 17.23 %, outstripping the average growth rate of 9.5 % for the GDP during the same period. The study alsoindicates that China＇s forest carbon sinks affects the GDP in the range of 0.25-0.26 %, and its economic potential is not relatively huge.
文摘There is a broad acceptance to depicting the relationship between ecosystems and human well-being using the concept of ecosystem services,emanating in large from the findings and research published in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment in 2005.While the generic concept of ecosystem services provides an excellent platform for discussion,the ongoing lack of clarity surrounding the definition,clas sification and measurement of ecosystem services,is emerging as a barrier to more extensive collaboration across disciplines.This paper applies the principles of national accounting to bring additional rigor and consistency to the discussion on ecosystem services.In this paper we revisit four fundamental aspects of the System of National Accounts(SNA)that underpin the measurement of the economy,namely,the definition of economic units;the definition of production;the recording of transactions and the recording assets.By considering each of these aspects in the context of the United Nations'System of Environmental-Economic Accounting,the paper presents a framework to describe the relationship between ecosystems and human aativity that can then be used to consistently define,classify,measure and account for ecosystem services.
