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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2008, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (8): 413-419.

Special Issue: 农业生态

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Evaluation of Wetlands Ecosystem Services Value of the Yangtse River
Region in Anhui Province

Cao Zhihong, Xu Xinwang,, , Wang Yanlin   

  • Received:2008-04-24 Revised:2008-05-21 Online:2008-08-08 Published:2008-08-08

Abstract: The wetlands of the Yangtze Region in Anhui Province are very important marshes,which located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. This Area is also a distribution of concentrated water network with lots of rivers, lakes and reservoirs. 【OBJECTIVE】Through estimating wetlands ecosystem services value of this region,expect to provide scientific reference for the relevant sector regional planning and rational using of wetland resource;【METHOD】Based on the investigation and data collection, reference 17 items of valuating parameters and methods proposed by Costanza and others (1997), evaluated 9 items of ecosystem services value of the wetlands of the Yangtze Region in Anhui using the market value approach, assets value method, shadow project method and travel cost method and so on. 【RESULTS】The results show that the annual value of the wetlands ecosystem service is about 106.12 billion Yuan RMB, which the carbon storage value is the highest with 43.42 billion RMB; secondly is the hydrological conditioning value, material production value and cleaning up the environment value, respectively reached 22.08 billion RMB, 16.35 billon RMB and 10.81 billon RMB; and thirdly is the release oxygen value, water supply value and leisure tourism value; the last is cultural value and habitat value; the wetland direct value is about 21.48 billon RMB and indirect value is about 84.64 billon RMB, which indirect value is far more than direct value. 【CONCLUSION】At the last present that wetland carbon sequestration has great effect to the global climate warming, human should develop rationally and protect wetland resource.

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