Study on Ecological Compensation Mechanism of the Yellow River Basin

Abstract:

The Yellow River becomes an important field to carry out river basin ecological compensation for its ecological environment is becoming worse and worse. This essay aims to construct the ecological compensation mechanism from compensation subject and object, principle and standard, compensation type and several problems need to be solved properly by analyzing the current situation of the Yellow River basin and analyzing the necessity of ecological compensation. All the beneficiaries and polluters should provide compensation for all the victims and protectors according to river basin ecological protectors' cost, ecological beneficiaries' situation or river basin repair costs. Fairness, consultation and participation and combining government compensation with market compensation are its guiding principle. Teaching protectors or victims how to fish is much better than giving fishes to those. This essay makes a contribution to realizing sustainable development of the Yellow River basin by constructing the ecological compensation mechanism scientifically.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 573-574)
• Pages: 610-616
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.573-574.610
• Online since: October 2012
• Authors: Ren Qi Wang, Tie Jun Dai, Yi Feng Li
• Keywords: Compensation, Ecological Compensation, River Basin, Yellow River

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