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FOREST RESOURCES WANAGEMENT ›› 2012, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (4): 17-23.

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Evaluation of Ecosystem Services: Current Status, Challenges and Prospects

HUANG Guilin1, ZHAO Fengxia2, LI Renqiang2, XU Ming2   

  1. 1. Academy of Forest Inventory and Planning,SFA,Beijing 100714;
    2. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources,CAS,Beijing 100101,China
  • Received:2012-05-29 Revised:2012-06-26 Online:2012-08-28 Published:2020-11-27

Abstract: Quantification of ecosystem services is an important tool for the sustainable management of ecological system and natural resources,and has become a hot topic in the fields of ecology,ecological economics,and environmental economics.This paper reviews the definition and the relationships of ecosystem services and ecosystem functions. The research progress on valuation of ecosystem services at home and abroad is summarized. Finally, we put forward the prospects and main study trends of valuing ecosystem services based on the discussion of the main research challenges in this field.Hopefully,this paper would constantly promote the theory and method for evaluation of ecosystem service.

Key words: ecosystem services, evaluation, research advance

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