A PES framework coupling socioeconomic and ecosystem dynamics from a sustainable development perspective

Fufu Li; Hongyan Liu; Shaohua Wu; Yanhui Wang; Zhenci Xu; Pengtao Yu; Daohao Yan

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117043

A PES framework coupling socioeconomic and ecosystem dynamics from a sustainable development perspective

J Environ Manage. 2023 Mar 1:329:117043. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117043. Epub 2022 Dec 21.

Authors

Fufu Li¹, Hongyan Liu², Shaohua Wu³, Yanhui Wang⁴, Zhenci Xu⁵, Pengtao Yu⁶, Daohao Yan⁷

Affiliations

¹ College of Urban and Environmental Sciences and MOE Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, Peking University, 5 Yiheyuan Road, Beijing, 100871, China. Electronic address: zlifufu@stu.pku.edu.cn.
² College of Urban and Environmental Sciences and MOE Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, Peking University, 5 Yiheyuan Road, Beijing, 100871, China. Electronic address: lhy@urban.pku.edu.cn.
³ Institute of Land and Urban-Rural Development, Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics, 18 Xueyuan Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310018, China. Electronic address: shaohua@zufe.edu.cn.
⁴ Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Haidian District, Beijing, 100091, China. Electronic address: wangyh@caf.ac.cn.
⁵ Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, China. Electronic address: xuzhenci@hku.hk.
⁶ Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Haidian District, Beijing, 100091, China. Electronic address: yupt@caf.ac.cn.
⁷ School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, China. Electronic address: DG1827038@smail.nju.edu.cn.

PMID: 36563446
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117043

Abstract

Payments for ecosystem services (PES) are becoming a global ecological protection strategy used to promote sustainable social and economic development. However, the current PES research and applications are often local and one-sided. The lack of a unified framework for PES results in a high policy cost and low ecological and social benefits. A large number of local PES experiences need to be comprehensively analyzed to construct a unified PES framework, which can provide support for the implementation and optimization of nature conservation policy in different regions of the world. Here, we combined natural language processing methods to analyze 1919 global studies on PES. We obtained the topics and spatiotemporal distributions of PES, as well as the compensation modes of hotspot ecosystem services in 114 countries worldwide. PES have been studied in 80% of the world (excluding Antarctica), but the research topics and distributions are very uneven. We found a disconnection between PES socioeconomic strategies and knowledge of natural ecosystem dynamics. Therefore, the knowledge and experience of PES must be exchanged globally, and PES need to be further integrated with the sustainable development goal (SDG) framework. We propose a PES framework that couples socioeconomic and ecosystem dynamics and be oriented toward sustainable development to make comprehensive management decisions. On this basis, a consistent PES solution may be provided for future theoretical research and implementation strategies of conservation.

Keywords: Ecosystem dynamics; Global distribution; PES framework; Socioeconomic system; Sustainable development.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Antarctic Regions
China
Conservation of Natural Resources / methods
Ecosystem*
Socioeconomic Factors
Sustainable Development*