Marine Ecological Environment Management Based on Ecological Compensation Mechanisms

Qunzhen Qu,Mengxue Tang,Sang-Bing Tsai,Congjiang Xu,Weiwei Dong

doi:10.3390/su8121267

Abstract

The level of marine environmental management is a key factor in the successful implementation of marine power strategies. The improvement in management levels of marine environments requires innovation in marine management. In other words, the transformation of marine environmental management into marine ecological environment management must be done in order to achieve sustainable development of the marine economy. As an environmental economic policy that combines both administrative and market measures, ecological compensation mechanisms have significant advantages in marine ecological environment management. Based on the study of the current development of ecological compensation mechanisms in China, through the analysis of the connotation of marine ecological civilization, existing marine ecological protection practices and marine environmental management methods, this paper posits that the current marine ecological environment management in China should be established on the basis of ecological compensation mechanisms. At present, a lack of laws and regulations for overall marine ecological environment management is the key factor restricting the practice of marine ecological environment management. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the current path of marine ecological environment management in China from the perspective of the construction of legal system of ecological compensation law, the establishment of ecological compensation fees, ecological taxes and ecological compensation fund systems, and the clear status for a marine ecological management and supervision body.

Highlights

In the new century, humans have begun marine explorations in order to alleviate population, resource and environmental crises
The management of marine ecological environments in China needs to combine the concepts of marine ecological civilization and ecological compensation mechanisms in order to ensure management is truly implemented
Through analyzing the core concept of compromise coordination for ecological civilizations, we can maintain a scientific and objective position and avoid extremes when dealing with the relationship between marine economic development and marine ecological environmental protection

Summary

Introduction

Humans have begun marine explorations in order to alleviate population, resource and environmental crises. The core requirement is to protect the marine environment and maintain the sustainable development of marine ecosystems to the maximum extent possible in conjunction with normal development of marine economic activities This requires the introduction of concepts related to ecological civilization, but neither humanism nor ecologicalism [11,12]. In order to achieve marine economic growth, the main body that affects the marine ecological environment has to bear the cost and provide corresponding environmental compensation This compensation is not limited to money, materials and other forms, but takes a variety of means, such as criminal and civil combinations of legal punishment and administrative coercion for environmental restoration and restitutions

China’s Marine Ecological Environment Management Status and Problems

April 2008

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