Abstract:
The importance of ecosystem services and their regional diversities in the Cheng-Yu Economic Zone were comprehensively assessed based on the analysis of biodiversity protection importance,water resources conservation importance,and soil protection importance. The results show that the area of extreme importance is 19,244.00 km
2>/sup>,which accounts for 9.25% of the total area of the economic zone,including core habitats of organisms as well as extremely important water resources conservation areas and soil conservation areas. The area of importance is 46,814.76 km2>/sup>,accounting for 22.56% of the total area. The area of general importance is 141,344.08 km2>/sup>,accounting for 68.19% of the total area.