Assessing the spatiotemporal changes in China's core supply and
supporting ecosystem services
Abstract
The supply of ecosystem services (ES) is critical to sustaining human
livelihoods, and understanding their driving mechanisms and impacts can
contribute to sustainable ecological management. This paper aims to
reveal the spatiotemporal changes and dynamics of ES in China from 1992
to 2015.SC (Soil conservation), WY (Water yield), NPP (Net primary
productivity) and FS (Food supply) are selected for evaluation. The
ability of ES to provide is increasing; the area where ES synergy is
more dominant accounts for about half of the total land area, and
ecological restoration here has a very high added value; in addition, we
do not think that we cannot blindly pursue forest coverage during the
ecological restoration The specific case is that afforestation
activities in the Loess Plateau and Continental basin have exacerbated
water shortages. It is the practical significance of this paper to
clarify and reverse the regional ES trade-off relationship to achieve
sustainable development.