China is a country with a vast territory and a large population but limited forest resources, which is mainly distributed in the economically less developed regions. Therefore, it is particularly important to address ...China is a country with a vast territory and a large population but limited forest resources, which is mainly distributed in the economically less developed regions. Therefore, it is particularly important to address the issue to establish forest eco-compensation mechanism to overcome the problems of inequity between the people and promote the public incentive for forest management and conservation. The definition of eco-compensation is deeply discussed based on the literature review of national and international initiatives. According to summary and analysis of the empirical work of forest ecocompensation at international level, some significant inspirations are draw on this paper. Based on them, this paper focuses on the forest eco-compensation mechanism of China. Firstly, integrating with the actual situation of China, the paper puts forward the policy framework of eco-compensation. The institutional framework of eco-compensation should be established among the multi-departments with different temporal and spatial scales. Secondly, the types and ranges of forest eco-compensation are further studied, that is three levels of forest eco-compensation such as micro-level, macro-level as well as media-level, and then the standards of eco-com-pensation are primarily estimated, which include the three factors, namely direct expense of plantation, opportunity cost for forests protection and benefits of forest ecosystem services. Finally, the recommendation is created in terms of above research conclusions, which is provide the vital important references for government policy making in the forest eco-compensation domain.展开更多
文摘China is a country with a vast territory and a large population but limited forest resources, which is mainly distributed in the economically less developed regions. Therefore, it is particularly important to address the issue to establish forest eco-compensation mechanism to overcome the problems of inequity between the people and promote the public incentive for forest management and conservation. The definition of eco-compensation is deeply discussed based on the literature review of national and international initiatives. According to summary and analysis of the empirical work of forest ecocompensation at international level, some significant inspirations are draw on this paper. Based on them, this paper focuses on the forest eco-compensation mechanism of China. Firstly, integrating with the actual situation of China, the paper puts forward the policy framework of eco-compensation. The institutional framework of eco-compensation should be established among the multi-departments with different temporal and spatial scales. Secondly, the types and ranges of forest eco-compensation are further studied, that is three levels of forest eco-compensation such as micro-level, macro-level as well as media-level, and then the standards of eco-com-pensation are primarily estimated, which include the three factors, namely direct expense of plantation, opportunity cost for forests protection and benefits of forest ecosystem services. Finally, the recommendation is created in terms of above research conclusions, which is provide the vital important references for government policy making in the forest eco-compensation domain.
