Analysis of Stakeholders' Cognition on Desert Riparian Forest Ecosystem Services in the Lower Reaches of Tarim River, China
Since the 1950s, the ecological environment of the lower reaches of Tarim River had been seriously degraded by irrational human exploitation activities.From 2000 to 2013, the ecological water transferring to lower reaches of the Tarim River had positive effects on restoration and improvement the ecosystem services of riparian forest which is mainly composed of P.euphratica.We analyzed stakeholders' cognition on desert riparian forest ecosystem services in the lower reaches of Tarim River through an questionnaire survey.The results showed that 88.1％ of respondents had the profound understanding to the desert riparian forest ecosystem services, 7.8％ of them did not any recognize, 84％ of respondents confirmed that the riparian forest had the highest efficiency on preventing from desertification, while only 8.1％ of them believed that other aspects such as offering building materials and animal feed were the most efficient.Respondents' perceptions on the eco-environmental changes after water transporting revealed that the degree of improvements in the descending, in order: reduction of dust and sandstorms＞weakened desertification＞improvement in the vitality of P.euphratica＞increased number of P.euphratica saplings＞ increased area of riparian forest.There are differences in the respondents' attitude towards the payment for the implementation of water transporting.15.4％ of them hold ambiguous attitudes;7.7％ of them refused to pay, 36％ of them were willing to pay less than 1％ of their total income;15.4％ of respondents could pay 1％ of their income, 12％ of them were willing to pay 2 ％ of the total income, 3.8 ％ could pay 3 ％ of their income, and only 7.8 ％ were willing to pay more than 3％ of their income.The investigation results indicated that the awareness and support of the informants to lower reaches of Tarim desert riparian forest ecosystem services were very high, and the social benefit of ecological water re-inflowing was obvious in the lower reaches of the Tarim River.
国家科技期刊平台
NSTL
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维普
