Ecological footprint and biological capacity time series assessment for a forest region in northeastern China

@article{citeulike:1716523, abstract = {Anthropogenic disturbances have caused major landscape changes in the forests of northeastern China during the past 50 years. In particular, continuous over-deforestation has greatly decreased the region's forest quality. Ecological footprint analysis generates aggregated information about a population's demand on nature and the population regional biological capacity. To show the forest change and the population's ecological demand on the study area, this paper presents an ecological footprint time series for the Songling Forestry Bureau in northeastern China from 1965 to 2000. The paper shows conventional ecological footprint time series and area demand time series - under global, Chinese and local yearly yields - to study the biological productivity of Songling. In this study, biological capacity was calculated based on a conventional approach. The results demonstrate that the ecological footprint has increased slightly and continuously during the 35-year timespan, while the biological capacity has decreased dramatically. These effects have been caused mainly by the depletion of forest resources. The results also yield much information about natural changes and socioeconomic dynamics, as well as the driving factors for these changes, of which the most important is forest management policy.}, author = {Liu and Miao and Hu and Yuanman and Li and Xiuzhen and He and Hong, S. and Xu and Chonggang and Zhang and Wei}, citeulike-article-id = {1716523}, issn = {1350-4509}, journal = {The International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology}, keywords = {ecological, footprint, modelling, time-series}, month = {October}, number = {5}, pages = {493--502}, posted-at = {2009-01-06 05:54:04}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Sapiens Publishing}, title = {Ecological footprint and biological capacity time series assessment for a forest region in northeastern China}, url = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/sapi/ijsd/2007/00000014/00000005/art00005}, volume = {14}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1716523 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1716523 N2 - Anthropogenic disturbances have caused major landscape changes in the forests of northeastern China during the past 50 years. In particular, continuous over-deforestation has greatly decreased the region's forest quality. Ecological footprint analysis generates aggregated information about a population's demand on nature and the population regional biological capacity. To show the forest change and the population's ecological demand on the study area, this paper presents an ecological footprint time series for the Songling Forestry Bureau in northeastern China from 1965 to 2000. The paper shows conventional ecological footprint time series and area demand time series - under global, Chinese and local yearly yields - to study the biological productivity of Songling. In this study, biological capacity was calculated based on a conventional approach. The results demonstrate that the ecological footprint has increased slightly and continuously during the 35-year timespan, while the biological capacity has decreased dramatically. These effects have been caused mainly by the depletion of forest resources. The results also yield much information about natural changes and socioeconomic dynamics, as well as the driving factors for these changes, of which the most important is forest management policy. IS - 5 JF - The International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology SN - 1350-4509 EP - 502 TI - Ecological footprint and biological capacity time series assessment for a forest region in northeastern China PB - Sapiens Publishing VL - 14 SP - 493 KW - ecological KW - footprint KW - modelling KW - time-series AU - Liu AU - Miao AU - Hu AU - Yuanman AU - Li AU - Xiuzhen AU - He AU - Hong, S AU - Xu AU - Chonggang AU - Zhang AU - Wei PY - 2007/10// UR - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/sapi/ijsd/2007/00000014/00000005/art00005 ER -