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Dataset Persistent ID
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doi:10.34725/DVN/25130 |
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Publication Date
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2014-03-25 |
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Title
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Replication data for: Developing indicators of economic value and biodiversity loss for rubber plantations in Xishuangbanna, southwest China: A case study from Menglun township.
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Author
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Zhuangfang, Yi (World Agroforestry Centre, East Asia Office.)
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Description
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Xishuangbanna has been largely transformed from biodiverse natural forests and mixed-use farms into monoculture rubber plantations in just twenty years. This conversion has expanded into forests previously protected by the community and onto marginal sites at high-elevation. Market-based ecosystem payments, especially carbon financing, are potential tools to prevent further forest loss in China. Here, we compare rubber net present value (NPV), carbon sequestration, and seed-plant species diversity for Xishuangbanna given three land-use scenarios: Business-As-Usual (BAU), Economic Oriented Scenario (EOS) and Conservation Oriented Scenario (COS) using a previously published spatial map of rubber profitabilit y. The EOS achieved the greatest rubber profit but caused substantial reductions in natural forest area, biodiversity and carbon stocks. The EOS also requires substantial immigration of workers into a remote and ecologically important region with little social infrastructure for basic security, food security, health-care and education, causing frequently ignored costs. As expected, the COS will maintain the highest levels of natural forest area, sequester 57% more carbon, and 71% more biodiversity than EOS. Given the conservation value of the carbon stores and rich biodiversity residing in Xishuangbanna's natural forests, reducing rubber NPV only marginally would probably cost less than attempting to recover these resources. We recommend that rubber plantations be limited to established, productive lowland areas whilst protecting intact high-elevation forest and reforesting low-productivity plantations. These actions will enhance carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation. Management policies focused solely on profits, like the EOS scenario, will fail to sustain the entire range of natural resources and ecosystem services. The prices in the carbon market would have to be considerably larger than they are currently to compete with the profitability of rubber. (2013-01-01)
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Subject
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Agricultural Sciences
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Keyword
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Rubber yield, rubber monoculture, tropical forest, biodiversity, ecosystem services valuation, payment for ecosystem services, East Asia, ICRAF.
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Topic Classification
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Ecological Economic, Forestry, Economical Geography.
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Related Publication
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Yi, ZF, Cannon, CH, Chen, J, Ye, CX, Swetnam, RD, 2013. Developing indicators of economic value and biodiversity loss for rubber plantations in Xishuangbanna, southwest China: A case study from Menglun township. Ecological Indicators 36: 788-797. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.03.016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.03.016
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Producer
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Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences. http://www.worldagroforestry.org 
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) http://www.worldagroforestry.org 
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Production Date
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2014
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Grant Information
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08.7860.3-001.00
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Distributor
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World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) http://www.worldagroforestry.org 
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Distribution Date
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2013
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Deposit Date
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2014-03-23
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Time Period Covered
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Start: 2009-03-28 ; End: 2014-01-01
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Date of Collection
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Start: 2009-03-28 ; End: 2011-05-24
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Kind of Data
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survey data
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Related Material
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Yi, ZF, Wong, G, Cannon, CH, Xu, JC, Beckschäfer, P, Swetnam, RD, 2013. 2013 Can carbon-trading schemes help to protect Chinaâs most diverse forest ecosystems? A case study from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan. Land Use Policy 38: 646-656.
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