Long-Term Impacts of China's New Commercial Harvest Exclusion Policy on Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity in the Temperate Forests of Northeast China

doi:10.3390/su10041071

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	Long-Term Impacts of China's New Commercial Harvest Exclusion Policy on Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity in the Temperate Forests of Northeast China
	Liu, Kai 1,2; Liang, Yu 3; He, Hong S.1,4; Wang, Wen J.2; Huang, Chao 3; Zong, Shengwei 1; Wang, Lei 2; Xiao, Jiangtao 5; Du, Haibo 1
刊名	SUSTAINABILITY
	2018-04-01
卷号	10 期号:4
关键词	Forest Management Ecosystem Services Carbon Storage Biodiversity Landis Pro
ISSN号	2071-1050
DOI	10.3390/su10041071
英文摘要	Temperate forests in Northeast China have been severely exploited by timber harvesting in the last century. To reverse this trend, China implemented the Classified Forest Management policy in the Natural Forest Conservation Program in 1998 to protect forests from excessive harvesting. However, the policy was unable to meet the 2020 commitment of increasing growing stock (set in the Kyoto Protocol) because of high-intensity harvesting. Accordingly, China banned all commercial harvesting in Northeast China in 2014. In this study, we investigated the long-term impacts of the no commercial harvest (NCH) policy on ecosystem services and biodiversity using a forest landscape model, LANDIS PRO 7.0, in the temperate forests of the Small Khingan Mountains, Northeast China. We designed three management scenarios: The H scenario (the Classified Forest Management policy used in the past), the NCH scenario (the current Commercial Harvest Exclusion policy), and the LT scenario (mitigation management, i.e., light thinning). We compared total aboveground forest biomass, biomass by tree species, abundance of old-growth forests, and diversity of tree species and age class in three scenarios from 2010 to 2100. We found that compared with the H scenario, the NCH scenario increased aboveground forest biomass, abundance of old-growth forests, and biomass of most timber species over time; however, it decreased the biomass of rare and protected tree species and biodiversity. We found that the LT scenario increased the biomass of rare and protected tree species and biodiversity in comparison with the NCH scenario, while it maintained aboveground forest biomass and abundance of old-growth forests at a high level (slightly less than the NCH scenario). We concluded there was trade-off between carbon storage and biodiversity. We also concluded that light thinning treatment was able to regulate the trade-off and alleviate the negative effects associated with the NCH policy. Our results highlighted limitations of the NCH policy and provided new insights into sustainable forest management and the interdependence between human society and the forest ecosystem.
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	MDPI
WOS记录号	WOS:000435188000175
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://210.72.129.5/handle/321005/106525]
专题	沈阳应用生态研究所_沈阳应用生态研究所_期刊论文
通讯作者	He, Hong S.; Wang, Wen J.
作者单位	1.Northeast Normal Univ, Sch Geog Sci, Changchun 130024, Jilin, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Northeast Inst Geog & Agroecol, Changchun 130102, Jilin, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Appl Ecol, CAS Key Lab Forest & Soil Ecol, Shenyang 110016, Liaoning, Peoples R China 4.Univ Missouri, Sch Nat Resources, Columbia, MO 65211 USA 5.Sichuan Normal Univ, Key Lab Land Resources Evaluat & Monitoring South, Minist Educ, Chengdu 610066, Sichuan, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Liu, Kai,Liang, Yu,He, Hong S.,et al. Long-Term Impacts of China's New Commercial Harvest Exclusion Policy on Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity in the Temperate Forests of Northeast China[J]. SUSTAINABILITY,2018,10(4).
APA	Liu, Kai.,Liang, Yu.,He, Hong S..,Wang, Wen J..,Huang, Chao.,...&Du, Haibo.(2018).Long-Term Impacts of China's New Commercial Harvest Exclusion Policy on Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity in the Temperate Forests of Northeast China.SUSTAINABILITY,10(4).
MLA	Liu, Kai,et al."Long-Term Impacts of China's New Commercial Harvest Exclusion Policy on Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity in the Temperate Forests of Northeast China".SUSTAINABILITY 10.4(2018).