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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Quantitative Analysis of Regional
Cropland Ecological Value Compensation:
A Case of Jiangsu, China
1
School of Law, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
2
School of Public Administration, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
Submission date: 2024-11-12
Final revision date: 2025-01-23
Acceptance date: 2025-02-16
Online publication date: 2025-03-24
Publication date: 2026-04-21
Corresponding author
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2026;35(2):2183-2194
KEYWORDS
croplandecosystem service valueecological value compensationecological footprintecological carrying capacity
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
The ecosystems of cropland have a clear ecosystem service value. However, the development of
industrialization and urbanization has put pressure on the ecological carrying capacity of cropland.
Ecological overloading of cropland has occurred in some areas. To alleviate the contradiction
between cropland protection and economic development, it is necessary to implement ecological value
compensation. This study measures ecological overload and ecological value compensation criteria with
the help of ecosystem service value, ecological carrying capacity, and ecological footprint. China plays
an irreplaceable role in international ecological governance. This study takes Jiangsu province, a large
agricultural province in China, as an example and empirically analyzes cropland’s ecological value
compensation standard in the region in 2022. The results show that: (1) The ecosystem service value of
cropland in Jiangsu Province in 2022 was 723.09×108 yuan. (2) Cropland in the southern part of Jiangsu
Province was in a state of ecological deficit, and cropland in the central and northern parts of Jiangsu
Province was in a state of ecological surplus. (3) Jiangsu Province as a whole exported the ecosystem
service value of cropland and could obtain the ecological value compensation of cropland of 138.68×108
yuan.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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