Abstract
Forest is the largest ecosystem in the land area of Taiwan. In the past, most of the studies on the evaluation of forest ecosystem services were regional, and therefore lacked national assessment. This study uses a market value method and a benefit transfer method to assess the value of the forest ecosystem services in Taiwan, and expounds the link between ecosystem services and the effectiveness of forestry management and conservation. Preliminarily, it is estimated that the total value of forest ecosystem services in 2016 was approximately NT $749,278 million (equal to approximately 47.6 billion U.S. dollars, PPP-corrected), accounting for 4.28% of the GDP in 2016. The quotation of unit price data has a huge impact on the final assessment results of forest ecosystem service value, and therefore it is necessary use it appropriately.
Highlights
Forests 2021, 12, 1694. https://The concept of ecosystem services (ESs) has gained recognition and been put into use since the late 1970s [1], and ES classification methods have been proposed gradually [2,3,4]
Most evaluation studies on the forest ecosystem services were regional, or focused on services such as conservation, soil conservation, and carbon sequestration, which lacked a representative evaluation of the value of forest ecosystem services of Taiwan
The evaluation of service values conducted by this study is on a nationwide forest ecosystem in Taiwan
Summary
The concept of ecosystem services (ESs) has gained recognition and been put into use since the late 1970s [1], and ES classification methods have been proposed gradually [2,3,4]. The 2010 Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) analysis was based on the relevant research field of the past few decades, and proposed a method that can help decision makers recognize, demonstrate and—under appropriate circumstances—capture the value of ecosystems and biodiversity. The classification method can be converted between MA, TEEB and other frameworks for the purpose of natural capital accounting. The United Nations has developed the System of Environmental–Economic Accounting—ecosystem accounting [5]—which aims to link information about natural assets with economic and other human activities.
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