Spatial Correlation and Ecological Characteristics Analysis of Management Area for Biodiversity Conservation and Relevant Regionalization

• Published in: Chinese geographical science 2014-02, Vol.24 (1), p.71-82
• Main Authors: Wang, Wenjie, Zheng, Hua, Xu, Chao, Jiang, Weiguo, Du, Yunhui, Wang, Wei, Zhang, Zhe, Liu, Xiaofu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Biological diversity; Conservation; conservation areas; Correlation analysis; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecological conditions; Ecological function; Ecological research; Ecology; ecoregions; Environmental conditions; environmental factors; Environmental management; Environmental policy; geographic information systems; Geography; issues and policy; Nature reserves; Spatial analysis; 区域化; 国家级自然保护区; 生态区域; 生态服务功能; 生态特征; 生物多样性保护; 空间相关性; 管理区
• ISSN: 1002-0063; 1993-064X
• DOI: 10.1007/s11769-014-0657-6

Formulation of different ecological zone plans according to the corresponding protection targets and the necessity of proper conservation policy is one of the measures to achieve the goal of ecological conservation in China. In order to clarify the interrelation among key ecological zone plans, this paper carried out the research on spatial relation of priority areas of biodiversity conservation and three key ecological areas (key ecological function areas, key regions of ecological service function, national nature reserves) and the research on ecological conditions, based on multi-scale ecological spatial theme information, which incorporates elements like ecological quality and type, and by the aid of spatial information analysis and GIS modeling. The results showed a contrastively fine spatial consistency with 68.8% of priority areas of biodiversity conservation overlapping with three key ecological areas. Although the environment in priority areas of biodiversity conservation were in good conditions, protection pressure is also increasing, powerful supervision and protection should not be ignored. The environmental conditions in the overlapping areas, as a whole, were superior to those in the non-overlapping areas. Since two areas have different characteristics, targeted protection measures should be formulated based on this difference, which will be very important for biodiversity conservation in priority areas of biodiversity conservation.