Discussion on the Ecological Compensation in the Yangtze River Economic Belt

Abstract

In recent years, the ecological environment of the Yangtze River Basin has become increasingly prominent, and the sustainable development of regional economy, society and environment is facing severe challenges. As an important means to alleviate the contradiction between environment and economic development, the ecological compensation mechanism is an important link in the ecological protection of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Therefore, doing a good job of cross-border ecological compensation in the Yangtze River Basin is of great significance to the construction of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Many foreign countries, such as the European Union countries, the United States and Australia, have extensively established and implemented the basin ecological compensation mechanism, which has achieved good results in practice, and its experience is worth to learn. In view of the transboundary characteristics of the Yangtze River Basin, through the combing of the three major river basin profiles, management models and ecological compensation related practices, the article summarizes the ecological compensation models of three international transboundary basins by comparing the three typical transboundary basins (Rhine River Basin, Tennessee River Basin, Murray-Darling River Basin). The experience of ecological compensation promotes the establishment and implementation of the ecological compensation mechanism in the Yangtze River Basin.