Does 'Forage-Livestock Balance' policy impact ecological efficiency of grasslands in China?

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.09.158

	Does 'Forage-Livestock Balance' policy impact ecological efficiency of grasslands in China?
	Hu, Zhaomin 1; Zhao, Zhe 2; Zhang, Yue 3; Jing, Haichun4 ; Gao, Shuqin ; Fang, Jingyun
	2019
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
ISSN	0959-6526
卷号	207 页码:343-349
摘要	Grassland has critically important ecological efficiency as well as economic values. While overgrazing and climate change have been reported to lead to the deterioration of grassland ecosystem functions and ecological efficiency, the implementation of a rational policy may mitigate such effects. The 'Forage-Livestock Balance' policy refers to balancing the relationship between forage productivity and grazing capacity of grasslands, and has been implemented in northern grassland areas in China since the year of 2000. In this study, we firstly examined spatio-temporal changes in the ecological efficiency of grass based livestock husbandry in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, China, using the Super-efficiency Data Envelopment Analysis method, and then analyzed the effects of the 'Forage-Livestock Balance' policy on the ecological efficiency. The Difference-in-Difference (DiD) approach was applied to investigate the differences of ecological efficiency in county-level outcomes between prior to and after the implementation of policy. The results showed that the county-level ecological efficiency in Hulunbuir was low in the year of 2000, thereafter it displayed an increasing trend from year of 2000-2015, though no significant differences were occurred in each of counties of Hulunbuir. Among the counties, Yakeshi county and Zha-lantun county had the highest ecological efficiency, and Chen County had the lowest. The DiD analysis suggested that the 'Forage-Livestock Balance' policy had a remarkable effect on the ecological efficiency of grass-based livestock husbandry. Compared to traditional pasture management, the policy has greatly improved the ecological efficiency of grasslands. Our research results provide a useful reference for the sustainable development of grassland livestock management, which is an important countermeasure to improve the efficiency of grassland livestock husbandry, alleviate the pressure on grassland ecosystems, and ensure the living standards of residents in the context of climate change and the risk of recurring disasters. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
关键词	Grass-based livestock husbandry Ecological efficiency Forage-livestock balance Super-efficiency data envelopment analysis Difference-in-difference (DiD) approach Hulunbuir
学科领域	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Engineering, Environmental ; Environmental Sciences
DOI	10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.09.158
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS关键词	ECO-EFFICIENCY ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; INNER-MONGOLIA ; SOIL CARBON ; DEGRADATION ; SEQUESTRATION ; PRODUCTIVITY ; HEALTH
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Engineering ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS记录号	WOS:000451105200028
出版者	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
文献子类	Article
出版地	OXFORD
EISSN	1879-1786
资助机构	Science and Technology Services (STS) Network Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences [KFJ-STS-ZDTP-004] ; National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [71533004]
作者邮箱	gaoshuqin943@ibcas.ac.cn
引用统计	被引频次：39[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.ibcas.ac.cn/handle/2S10CLM1/19442
专题	植被与环境变化国家重点实验室
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, State Key Lab Vegetat & Environm Change, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Beijing Forestry Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China 4.Capital Normal Univ, Coll Resource Environm & Tourism, Beijing 100048, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, Key Lab Plant Resources, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hu, Zhaomin,Zhao, Zhe,Zhang, Yue,et al. Does 'Forage-Livestock Balance' policy impact ecological efficiency of grasslands in China?[J]. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION,2019,207:343-349.
APA	Hu, Zhaomin,Zhao, Zhe,Zhang, Yue,Jing, Haichun,Gao, Shuqin,&Fang, Jingyun.(2019).Does 'Forage-Livestock Balance' policy impact ecological efficiency of grasslands in China?.JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION,207,343-349.
MLA	Hu, Zhaomin,et al."Does 'Forage-Livestock Balance' policy impact ecological efficiency of grasslands in China?".JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION 207(2019):343-349.

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