Improvements in ecosystem services from investments in natural capital
Abstract
In response to ecosystem degradation fromrapid economic development, China began investing heavily in protecting and restoring natural capital starting in 2000.We report on China’s first national ecosystem assessment (2000-2010), designed to quantify and help manage change in ecosystem services, including food production, carbon sequestration, soil retention, sandstorm prevention, water retention, flood mitigation, and provision of habitat for biodiversity. Overall, ecosystem services improved from 2000 to 2010, apart from habitat provision. China’s national conservation policies contributed significantly to the increases in those ecosystem services.
Case studies
Basic information
Evidence
- Notes on intervention effectivness: Mapped changes in ES over time (2000-2010) and then through modeling, deduced the contribution the interventions had on driving these changes (to separate out other causes of change such as natural biophysical and socio-economic changes)
- Is the assessment original?: Yes
- Broadtype of intervention considered:
Another NbS
- Compare effectivness?: No
- Compared to the non-NBS approach:
Not applicable
- Report greenhouse gas mitigation?: No
- Impacts on GHG:
Not applicable
- Assess outcomes of the intervention on natural ecosystems: No
- Impacts for the ecosystem:
Not reported
- Ecosystem measures:
- Assess outcomes of the intervention on people: No
- Impacts for people:
Not reported
- People measures:
- Considers economic costs: No
- Economic appraisal conducted: No
- Economic appraisal described:
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- Economic costs of alternative considered: No
- Compared to an alternative:
Not reported
Evaluation methodology
- Type of data:
Quantitative
- Is it experimental: No
- Experimental evalution done:
Not applicable
- Non-experimental evalution done:
Empirical case study
- Study is systematic:
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Basic information
Evidence
- Notes on intervention effectivness: Mapped changes in ES over time (2000-2010) and then through modeling, deduced the contribution the interventions had on driving these changes (to separate out other causes of change such as natural biophysical and socio-economic changes)
- Is the assessment original?: Yes
- Broadtype of intervention considered:
Another NbS
- Compare effectivness?: No
- Compared to the non-NBS approach:
Not applicable
- Report greenhouse gas mitigation?: Yes
- Impacts on GHG:
Positive
- Assess outcomes of the intervention on natural ecosystems: No
- Impacts for the ecosystem:
Not reported
- Ecosystem measures:
- Assess outcomes of the intervention on people: No
- Impacts for people:
Not reported
- People measures:
- Considers economic costs: No
- Economic appraisal conducted: No
- Economic appraisal described:
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- Economic costs of alternative considered: No
- Compared to an alternative:
Not reported
Evaluation methodology
- Type of data:
Quantitative
- Is it experimental: No
- Experimental evalution done:
Not applicable
- Non-experimental evalution done:
Empirical case study
- Study is systematic:
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Basic information
Evidence
- Notes on intervention effectivness: Mapped changes in ES over time (2000-2010) and then through modeling, deduced the contribution the interventions had on driving these changes (to separate out other causes of change such as natural biophysical and socio-economic changes)
- Is the assessment original?: Yes
- Broadtype of intervention considered:
Another NbS
- Compare effectivness?: No
- Compared to the non-NBS approach:
Not applicable
- Report greenhouse gas mitigation?: Yes
- Impacts on GHG:
Positive
- Assess outcomes of the intervention on natural ecosystems: No
- Impacts for the ecosystem:
Not reported
- Ecosystem measures:
- Assess outcomes of the intervention on people: No
- Impacts for people:
Not reported
- People measures:
- Considers economic costs: No
- Economic appraisal conducted: No
- Economic appraisal described:
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- Economic costs of alternative considered: No
- Compared to an alternative:
Not reported
Evaluation methodology
- Type of data:
Quantitative
- Is it experimental: No
- Experimental evalution done:
Not applicable
- Non-experimental evalution done:
Empirical case study
- Study is systematic:
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