Spatial and temporal patterns of the ecological compensation criterion in Jiangxi Province, China based on carbon footprint.

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201702.026

Abstract

Abstract: Carbon footprint is a new method to measure carbon emissions, and the ecological compensation criterion can be determined according to the regional carbon footprint and carbon carrying capacity. The spatial and temporal patterns of ecological compensation criterion were studied among 11 cities in Jiangxi Province using carbon footprint, carbon capacity and carbon surplus/deficit models. Our results found that carbon footprint in Jiangxi Province showed a rapid growth trend from 2000 to 2013, with an average annual growth rate of 8.7%. The carbon carrying capacity always remained surplus, but the net carbon surplus amount decreased from 2000 to 2013. Among the 11 cities, Nanchang and Jiujiang made the biggest contribution to total carbon emission, and Ganzhou, Ji’an and Shangrao had provided the largest contribution to carbon total absorption. In 2013, the total carbon surplus amount was 2.273 billion yuan in Jiangxi Province. Ganzhou, Ji’an, Fuzhou and Shangrao should be given priority to ecological compensation money. These results could provide a scientific basis for the establishment of ecological compensation mechanism in Jiangxi Province and the transfer of CO₂ emission rights.

HU Xiao-fei, ZOU Yan, FU Chun. Spatial and temporal patterns of the ecological compensation criterion in Jiangxi Province, China based on carbon footprint.[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2017, 28(2): 493-499.

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