JOURNAL OF NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY ›› 2023, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (2): 167-177.doi: 10.12302/j.issn.1000-2006.202105037

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Estimation and spatio-temperal evolution on eco-efficiency of forest in China

YU Honghong(), YANG Jiameng*()   

  1. College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
  • Received:2021-05-23 Revised:2021-07-14 Online:2023-03-30 Published:2023-03-28

Abstract:

【Objective】 The ecological efficiency of forest is calculated to analyze its temporal and spatial evolution law, so as to provide a decision-making reference for maintaining the health of the forest ecosystem and formulating a regional “Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutral” implementation plan. 【Method】 Based on the BCC model of data envelopment analysis, combined with the Global Malmquist model, the dynamic change of forest eco-efficiency in 31 provinial level adminis trative units (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) from 2009 to 2018 was measured from the two-dimensional perspective of time and space. 【Result】 During the observation period, the forest ecological efficiency of non-DEA effective provinces in China was significantly higher than DEA-effective provinces. The overall pure technical efficiency of the country was high, but there were problems of input redundancy and insufficient output, and the regional scale efficiency had shown a downward trend. The trend of the technological efficiency change index was opposite to that of the technological progress index, which caused the Global Malmquist index of forest ecological efficiency to fluctuate greatly. The areas with high forest eco-efficiency have expanded and evolved from the northeast and southwest regions to the central and western regions. 【Conclusion】 The overall forest ecological efficiency in China is on the rise; the technical efficiency level is low but the pure technical efficiency is high. Most provinces are in the stage of efficiency improvement; thus, the forest ecological efficiency varies greatly in the provinces but presents a trend of gradual equalization.

Key words: forest eco-efficiency, BCC model, Global Malmquist index, spatial pattern

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