Yuchi Zhang , Lili Yao , Zhijie Zhang , Minshou Li
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The policy effect is facilitated by fiscal decentralization’s mediating role and moderated by the forest resource endowment. The promotional effect increases the longer the implementation time. Implementing the FCS also promotes regional economic development. Related analysis indicates that 30.2% of forestry economic growth results from the FCS through the FESI mediating effect. 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Assessing the impact of China’s forest chief system on forest ecological security: An integrated ArcGIS and econometric analysis
China has implemented the Forest Chief System (FCS) policy to manage forest ecosystems systematically, rapidly altering the ecological security status of China’s forests and providing valuable institutional experience for the sustainable development of both forests and humanity. This study employs an evaluation system combining the “Two Mountains Theory” and the Driving-Pressure-State-Impact-Response-Management (DPSIRM) model, utilizing the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method to establish the China Forest Ecological Security Index from 2012 to 2022. With ArcGIS- and econometric-based methods to systematically analyze the changes in China’s Forest Ecological Security Index (FESI) before and after implementing the Forest Chief System (FCS), including multi-period Difference-in-differences (DID) model policy effect testing, mediation effect analysis, heterogeneous impact analysis, economic consequence examination, spatiotemporal change analysis, spatial autocorrelation analysis, convergence analysis and grey forecasting. The research findings reveal an upward trend in China’s Forest Ecological Security Index (FESI) over the study period, increasing from 0.1630 in 2012 to 0.1749 in 2022. This trend is projected to continue, with the FESI anticipated to reach 0.1792 by 2027. Additionally, spatial autocorrelation and convergence exist in China’s FESI. Implementing the Forest Chief System promotes the improvement of China’s FESI. The policy effect is facilitated by fiscal decentralization’s mediating role and moderated by the forest resource endowment. The promotional effect increases the longer the implementation time. Implementing the FCS also promotes regional economic development. Related analysis indicates that 30.2% of forestry economic growth results from the FCS through the FESI mediating effect. The research conclusions encapsulate the Chinese experience, enrich the study of global forest ecological security, and provide research cases for the development of forest ecological security worldwide.
期刊介绍:
The ultimate aim of Ecological Indicators is to integrate the monitoring and assessment of ecological and environmental indicators with management practices. The journal provides a forum for the discussion of the applied scientific development and review of traditional indicator approaches as well as for theoretical, modelling and quantitative applications such as index development. Research into the following areas will be published.
• All aspects of ecological and environmental indicators and indices.
• New indicators, and new approaches and methods for indicator development, testing and use.
• Development and modelling of indices, e.g. application of indicator suites across multiple scales and resources.
• Analysis and research of resource, system- and scale-specific indicators.
• Methods for integration of social and other valuation metrics for the production of scientifically rigorous and politically-relevant assessments using indicator-based monitoring and assessment programs.
• How research indicators can be transformed into direct application for management purposes.
• Broader assessment objectives and methods, e.g. biodiversity, biological integrity, and sustainability, through the use of indicators.
• Resource-specific indicators such as landscape, agroecosystems, forests, wetlands, etc.