Polish Journal of Environmental Studies,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: July 10, 2024
The
Guizhou
province
in
southern
China
is
a
typical
karst
region
that
highly
affected
by
environmental
degradation
and
needs
to
implement
sustainable
ecological
restoration
programs.This
paper
first
conducted
willingness
pay
extra
(WTP
e
)
survey
for
provisioning
services
of
grassland
based
on
consumers'
preference
grass-fed
cattle
or
lamb
production
process
check
public
concerns
over
rural
the
potential
compensation
foundation
collection.Results
show
that:
1)
WTP
beef
was
RMB
16.51±4.81/kg,or
34.24±7.37/kgwhich
not
trivial
land
use
decision
making;
2)
as
much
83.6%
urban
citizens
acknowledge
their
meat
than
high-energy-diet
55.7%
even
declare
they
would
shift
eating
habit
from
traditional
pork
like
lamb;
3)
respondents
with
middle
income
moderately
educated
level
showed
dramatically
higher
did
other
groups.4)
maximum
total
consumer's
predicted
10.38
x
10
9
per
year
target
which
equals
capacity
sustaining
1.15
6
ha
condition
900
1000
m
2
.This
amount
doubled
current
capital
given
government.This
intention
sustain
has
transfer
food
safety
demand
consumers
guidance
behavior
via
economic
action.Through
this
mechanism,
control
switch
can
be
built
through
market
avoid
overproduction
insufficient
meat.
Land,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
13(12), P. 2023 - 2023
Published: Nov. 27, 2024
An
appropriate
vegetation
restoration
pattern
is
crucial
for
maintaining
and
enhancing
ecosystem
functions
services
in
karst
rocky
desertification
control
areas.
However,
it
still
unclear
whether
different
patterns
will
aggravate
the
trade-off
of
grassland
this
area.
This
study
focuses
on
ecosystems
area,
comparing
artificial
measures
(Dactylis
glomerata
single-species
sowing
grassland,
DG;
Lolium
perenne
LP;
+
Trifolium
repens
mixed-species
LT)
with
natural
(NG).
Seven
(forage
yield,
soil
retention,
water
conservation,
carbon
fixation
release,
storage,
nutrient
biodiversity
conservation)
as
well
total
were
quantified
using
field
monitoring
data.
The
relationships
between
these
evaluated
through
Spearman
correlation
analysis.
results
showed
that
significantly
influenced
provisioning,
regulating,
supporting
(p
<
0.001).
Three
types
observed
(trade-off,
synergy,
neutral),
but
relationship
was
not
significant
>
0.05).
service
LT
(0.79)
higher
than
NG
(0.21),
DG
(0.36),
LP
(0.41),
a
synergy
forage
sequestration
oxygen
release
Therefore,
considered
best
practice
area
compared
other
patterns.
provides
theoretical
guidance
degraded
ecosystems.
Polish Journal of Environmental Studies,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: July 10, 2024
The
Guizhou
province
in
southern
China
is
a
typical
karst
region
that
highly
affected
by
environmental
degradation
and
needs
to
implement
sustainable
ecological
restoration
programs.This
paper
first
conducted
willingness
pay
extra
(WTP
e
)
survey
for
provisioning
services
of
grassland
based
on
consumers'
preference
grass-fed
cattle
or
lamb
production
process
check
public
concerns
over
rural
the
potential
compensation
foundation
collection.Results
show
that:
1)
WTP
beef
was
RMB
16.51±4.81/kg,or
34.24±7.37/kgwhich
not
trivial
land
use
decision
making;
2)
as
much
83.6%
urban
citizens
acknowledge
their
meat
than
high-energy-diet
55.7%
even
declare
they
would
shift
eating
habit
from
traditional
pork
like
lamb;
3)
respondents
with
middle
income
moderately
educated
level
showed
dramatically
higher
did
other
groups.4)
maximum
total
consumer's
predicted
10.38
x
10
9
per
year
target
which
equals
capacity
sustaining
1.15
6
ha
condition
900
1000
m
2
.This
amount
doubled
current
capital
given
government.This
intention
sustain
has
transfer
food
safety
demand
consumers
guidance
behavior
via
economic
action.Through
this
mechanism,
control
switch
can
be
built
through
market
avoid
overproduction
insufficient
meat.
