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Characterization of Ecosystem Services and Their Trade-Off and Synergistic Relationships under Different Land-Use Scenarios on the Loess Plateau

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  • Maoqiu Xiong

    (School of Earth Resources, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan 430074, China
    Key Laboratory of Natural Resource Coupling Process and Effects, Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing 100055, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Fujie Li

    (Key Laboratory of Natural Resource Coupling Process and Effects, Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing 100055, China
    Urumqi Comprehensive Survey Center on Natural Resources, China Geological Survey, Urumqi 830099, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Xiaohuang Liu

    (Key Laboratory of Natural Resource Coupling Process and Effects, Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing 100055, China
    Command Center of Natural Resource Comprehensive Survey, China Geological Survey, Beijing 100074, China)

  • Jiufen Liu

    (Key Laboratory of Natural Resource Coupling Process and Effects, Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing 100055, China
    Command Center of Natural Resource Comprehensive Survey, China Geological Survey, Beijing 100074, China)

  • Xinping Luo

    (Key Laboratory of Natural Resource Coupling Process and Effects, Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing 100055, China
    Command Center of Natural Resource Comprehensive Survey, China Geological Survey, Beijing 100074, China)

  • Liyuan Xing

    (Key Laboratory of Natural Resource Coupling Process and Effects, Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing 100055, China
    Command Center of Natural Resource Comprehensive Survey, China Geological Survey, Beijing 100074, China)

  • Ran Wang

    (Key Laboratory of Natural Resource Coupling Process and Effects, Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing 100055, China
    Command Center of Natural Resource Comprehensive Survey, China Geological Survey, Beijing 100074, China)

  • Hongyu Li

    (Key Laboratory of Natural Resource Coupling Process and Effects, Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing 100055, China
    Command Center of Natural Resource Comprehensive Survey, China Geological Survey, Beijing 100074, China)

  • Fuyin Guo

    (Key Laboratory of Natural Resource Coupling Process and Effects, Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing 100055, China
    College of Geography and Remote Sensing Sciences, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China)

Abstract

The Loess Plateau is one of the most fragile ecological regions in China due to its shortage of water resources and severe soil erosion. The rapid development of urbanization and the implementation of the project of returning farmland to forest (grass) have caused the ecological environment of the region to be strongly impacted by human activities. It is necessary to investigate the spatial and temporal evolution characteristics of ecosystem services and trade-off/synergy relationships on the Loess Plateau, to achieve scientific management of ecological services and sustainable development of the region. This study quantitatively assesses three ecosystem services of water yield (WY), carbon storage (CS), and soil conservation (SC) on the Loess Plateau under different scenarios from 2000 to 2030 by using the InVEST and PLUS models. Further, the trade-off and synergistic relationships among the ecosystem services have been investigated by Spearman correlation analysis. The results showed that the land-use differences are more obvious under different policy scenarios, with a sharp expansion of constructed land, a gradual increase of forest land, and a continuous decrease of arable land in the Loess Plateau from 2000 to 2020; the water yield and soil conservation increase from 2000 to 2020, and the carbon storage shows an opposite trend. The soil conservation and carbon storage scenarios are the best under the ecological conservation scenario in 2030, while the water yield service is the best under the economic development scenario. There is a synergistic relationship between CS and SC, while there is a trade-off relationship between CS and WY. In addition, there are significant trade-off effects between SC and WY. These results can support guiding land-use management and ecological restoration.

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  • Maoqiu Xiong & Fujie Li & Xiaohuang Liu & Jiufen Liu & Xinping Luo & Liyuan Xing & Ran Wang & Hongyu Li & Fuyin Guo, 2023. "Characterization of Ecosystem Services and Their Trade-Off and Synergistic Relationships under Different Land-Use Scenarios on the Loess Plateau," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(12), pages 1-18, November.
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