Gross economic-ecological product as an integrated measure for ecological service and economic products

Jinnan Wang; Fang Yu; Guoxia Ma; Fei Peng; Xiafei Zhou; Chunsheng Wu; Weishan Yang; Chunyan Wang; Dong Cao; Hongqiang Jiang; Hong Jing; Shen Qu; Ming Xu

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105566

Gross economic-ecological product as an integrated measure for ecological service and economic products

Jinnan Wang^*, Fang Yu, Guoxia Ma, Fei Peng, Xiafei Zhou, Chunsheng Wu, Weishan Yang, Chunyan Wang, Dong Cao, Hongqiang Jiang, Hong Jing, Shen Qu, Ming Xu

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Mainstream national accounting indices have been debated on the exclusion of nonmarket services, such as ecosystem services. Here we introduce the practice of using the gross economic-ecological product (GEEP) in China to monitor economic growth taking into account ecosystem services. We show that GEEP grew by 6.4% annually from 2015 to 2018 in China, slower than the annualized GDP growth rate of 6.7%. Great spatial heterogeneity of GEEP growths indicate the imbalanced regional development of the economy and ecosystems. As a policy instrument, the GEEP provides a tool to benchmark and monitor economic growth within the means of nature.

Original language	English
Article number	105566
Journal	Resources, Conservation and Recycling
Volume	171
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105566
Publication status	Published - Aug 2021
Externally published	Yes

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