Ecosystem quality-based management and the development of a new eco-friendly economy
Yongsheng Wang, Guirui Yu
Abstract
A harmonious “nature–society–economy” system can improve human welfare if ecological products are valued and an ecologically self-aware economy is created. Natural ecosystems provide abundant, high-quality ecological products, as well as stable and sustainable ecological services for the Earth’s life support system. Maintaining healthy, functional environments can facilitate the survival and development of human societies.1 In the previous era of agricultural civilization, agricultural products and handicrafts were the main commodities, and the agricultural economy determined socioeconomic development.
Topics & Concepts
Natural capitalSustainable developmentBusinessEcosystem servicesNatural resourceGreen economyAgricultureGoods and servicesNatural resource economicsEnvironmental resource managementEconomyEcosystemEconomicsEcologyBiologyLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesSustainability and Ecological Systems AnalysisSustainable Industrial Ecology