Research On Ecological Compensation System In China

With the development of economy, the living standard has been increasingly improved while a range of environmental crisis happened such as the excessive exploration of natural resources, the grave reduction of biological diversity, the desertification of land and the frequent devastating sandstorm. Ecological compensation plays a great role in protecting environment, promoting the harmonious development among men, nature and society, and establishing a long-expected harmonious society, and therefore is one of the key factors in maintaining a good circulation among ecology, economy, law and human society.Ecological compensation system firstly is one of the important contents for compensable usage of natural resources. Compensable usage of natural resources refers to the legal system that in the process of legally using natural resources, the user of natural resources or the beneficiary of ecology should pay relevant fees to the owner of natural resources or to those who paid prices for the environmental protection.This concept includes two aspects: on the one hand, as assets natural resources hold economical value and ecological value, so the owner can obtain his/her economical interest when the user pays some fees to him/her; on the other hand, those who have made efforts to protect environment and have paid some costs for it are supposed to be compensated because ecological function possesses market value, which is one of the main concerns among scholars both home and abroad recently.The definition of ecological compensation and its function are discussed. In addition, based on the results of relevant international research materials, current situation of domestic ecological compensation system in China was studied and the disadvantage of the domestic ecological compensation system analyzed. Issues on how to perfect our national ecological compensation system and on the balance between the administration compensation and market compensation are especially focused. Furthermore, some suggestions on how to put our national ecological compensation system into effect are proposed.