Journal of Geographical Sciences ›› 2021, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (9): 1245-1260.doi: 10.1007/s11442-021-1896-y
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GAO Jixi1(), LIU Xiaoman1,*(
), WANG Chao1, WANG Yong2, FU Zhuo1, HOU Peng1, LYU Na1
Received:
2020-11-30
Accepted:
2021-07-10
Online:
2021-09-25
Published:
2021-09-16
Contact:
LIU Xiaoman
E-mail:gjx@nies.org;showma79@163.com
About author:
Gao Jixi (1964-), PhD and Professor, specialized in regional ecological protection and restoration. E-mail: gjx@nies.org
Supported by:
GAO Jixi, LIU Xiaoman, WANG Chao, WANG Yong, FU Zhuo, HOU Peng, LYU Na. Evaluating changes in ecological land and effect of protecting important ecological spaces in China[J].Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2021, 31(9): 1245-1260.
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Table 1
Correspondence among non-ecological land, ecological land and different land use types
Land type | Corresponding land use types | |
---|---|---|
Ecological land | Woodland, shrubland, open woodland and other woodland | |
High-coverage grassland, medium-coverage grassland, low-coverage grassland | ||
Canals, lakes, reservoirs, ponds, permanent glaciers and snowfields, beaches, mud flat | ||
Sandy land, Gobi, saline land, marsh land, bare land, bare rocky land | ||
Non-ecological land | Agricultural land | Paddy field, dry land |
Urban land | Urban and rural residential areas, other construction land |
Table 2
The area and ratio of different lands in three important natural ecological spaces in 2018 (km2, %)
Important ecological spaces | Area and proportion of non-ecological land | Area and proportion of ecological land | Total |
---|---|---|---|
National nature reserves | 22631.59 (2.32) | 951925.26 (97.68) | 974556.85 |
Biodiversity priority areas | 175290.14 (6.35) | 2583678.34 (93.65) | 2758968.48 |
Key ecological function zones | 354825.50 (9.40) | 3418135.78 (90.60) | 3772961.29 |
Three types of important ecological spaces (Total) | 552747.24 (7.36) | 6953739.38 (92.64) | 7506486.62 |
Table 3
Area transfer of different lands in three important natural ecological spaces from 1980 to 2018 (km2)
Important ecological spaces | 1980 | 2018 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ecological land | Non-ecological land | ||||
Agricultural land | Urban land | ||||
National nature reserves | Ecological land | 947542.01 | 9781.70 | 483.03 | |
Non-ecological land | Agricultural land | 3777.17 | 11505.56 | 304.24 | |
Urban land | 606.08 | 197.91 | 359.15 | ||
Biodiversity priority areas | Ecological land | 2540382.94 | 57294.11 | 4470.45 | |
Non-ecological land | Agricultural land | 42325.72 | 105758.69 | 3239.70 | |
Urban land | 969.69 | 1232.51 | 3294.68 | ||
Key ecological function zones | Ecological land | 3350262.44 | 114485.76 | 6224.55 | |
Non-ecological land | Agricultural land | 65872.51 | 217470.71 | 6320.22 | |
Urban land | 2000.84 | 3363.53 | 6960.74 | ||
Three types of important ecological spaces (Total) | Ecological land | 6838187.39 | 181561.56 | 11178.03 | |
Non-ecological land | Agricultural land | 111975.40 | 334734.96 | 9864.15 | |
Urban land | 3576.60 | 4793.95 | 10614.58 |
Table 4
Area variation and ratio of ecological land in important natural ecological spaces from 1980 to 2018 (km2)
Changes | National nature reserves | Biodiversity priority areas | Key ecological function zones | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Area | Percentage (%) | Area | Percentage (%) | Area | Percentage (%) | |
Unchanged | 947542.01 | 98.9 | 2540382.94 | 97.6 | 3350262.44 | 96.5 |
Reduced | 10264.73 | 1.1 | 61764.55 | 2.4 | 120710.31 | 3.5 |
Expanded | 4383.25 | 0.5 | 43295.40 | 1.7 | 67873.34 | 2.0 |
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