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Arid Land Geography ›› 2021, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (2): 565-573.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000–6060.2021.02.27

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Spatial selection of ecological compensation in key ecological functional areas of Xinjiang

SUN Yunfeng1(),QIU Wei2(),FAN Jingyun3   

  1. 1. School of Economic and Management, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China
    2. School of Public Policy and Management, Xinjiang University of Finance & Economics, Urumqi 830012, Xinjiang, China
    3. Xinjiang Police College, Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, China
  • Received:2020-03-03 Revised:2020-10-26 Online:2021-03-25 Published:2021-04-14
  • Contact: Wei QIU E-mail:xjdx_sunyunfeng@163.com;qiuweicd@sina.com

Abstract:

Located in northwest China, 59 key eco-functional areas of Xinjiang occupy an area of 1.16 million square kilometers at national and provincial levels. By 2019, some of these eco-functional areas showed signs of ecological degradation because the environment is vulnerable and the concentration of economy and population is low, posing a grievous threat to the environmental security of Xinjiang and China as a whole. Therefore, a study of the ecological compensation in key eco-functional areas in Xinjiang is vital to the preservation and recovery of the environment and promotion of sustainable economic and social models in Xinjiang. Based on the principle of spatial selection of ecological compensation, the goal of this study was to identify and interpret the basic characteristics of the key eco-functional areas in Xinjiang from the perspective of regional category, the distribution of capital, and the ecological value of the resource. Quantitative methods of “benefit-cost ratio targeting” and “priority of ecological compensation” were used to analyze the priority scales of ecological compensation in Xinjiang. The results show that the priority of ecological compensation in Xinjiang is consistent with the allocation of transfer payment funds provided by the analysis of “priority of ecological compensation”. Due to neglect of environmental factors, the priority of ecological compensation was presented with an inadequate ecological transfer payment. In the “benefit-cost ratio targeting” analysis, without considering livelihood and environmental factors, the priority of ecological compensation in Xinjiang was inconsistent with the transfer payment. However, the latter analysis can still help us understand the spatial choice of ecological compensation area in the ensuing period. When allocating transfer payment funds, environmental and livelihood factors should balance the priority of ecological compensation and transfer payment funds and improve the efficiency of transfer payment funds so as to promote a sustainable and optimal ecological environment in Xinjiang.

Key words: ecological compensation, ecological functional areas, spatial selection, Xinjiang