Evaluation of ecosystem services: A case study in the middle reach of the Heihe River Basin,Northwest China |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Range Science Program, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102, USA;2. Department of Entomology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102, USA;1. Center for Human-Environment System Sustainability (CHESS), State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology (ESPRE), Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;2. School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Urban Climate Research Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, United States;3. School of Life Sciences and School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, United States;1. School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China;2. Key Laboratory of Soil and Water Conservation and Desertification Prevention, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China;3. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;1. Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;2. Key Laboratory of Carrying Capacity Assessment for Resource and Environment, Ministry of Land and Resources, Beijing 101149, China;3. College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;4. College of Resources and Environment Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China;5. Key Laboratory of Environmental Evolvement and Ecological Construction of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 050024, China |
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| Abstract: | Ecosystem services evaluation aims at understanding the status of ecosystem services on different spatial and temporal scale. In this paper, we selected the middle reach of the Heihe River Basin (HRB), which is the second largest inland river basin in China, as one of the typical area to estimate the ecosystem services values (ESVs) corresponding to the land use changes. Based on the land use data and ecosystem service value coefficients, the total ecosystem services values (TESVs) of the middle reach of the HBR are quantitatively calculated, which were 9.244 × 108, 9.099 × 108, 9.131 × 108 and 9.146 × 108 USD in 1988, 2000, 2005 and 2008 respectively. During 1988–2008, the decrease of grassland, forest land, water area and unused land contributed 148.94%, 57.85%, 87.87% and 16.42% respectively to the net loss of TESVs, while the dramatic increase of cultivated land improved the TESVs with contribution of −211.08% to the net loss of TESVs. Expansion of cultivated land, which especially caused the loss of grassland and forest land, directly exerted negative impacts on the provision of ecosystem services in the study area. The findings of this research indicated that land use change was an important form of human activities, which had a strong impact on ecosystem services. |
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| Keywords: | Ecosystem services values Ecosystem services value coefficients Land use change Heihe River Basin |
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