Study on Ecological Carrying Capacity of Land in Henan Province.

In order to explore the technical methods to improve the ecological carrying capacity of regional land under the premise of limited land use area, an open ecological footprint model is established based on the traditional ecological footprint model. Using the two models, this paper evaluates the ecological carrying capacity of Henan Province in 2017. The results indicate that the ecological productive footprint of cultivated land in Henan Province is much larger than the ecological carrying capacity, but the ecological consumption footprint is lower than the ecological carrying capacity. The open ecological footprint model can clearly distinguish the internal and the external ecological consumption footprint after corrected by the consumption adjustment coefficient and the land-use structure adjustment coefficient. Based on the open ecological footprint model, the ecological carrying capacity evaluation results of Henan Province are more realistic. The comprehensive ecological carrying capacity in Henan Province has a surplus, but there are significant differences among different land use types. The cultivated land has the largest ecological carrying capacity surplus, while the fossil energy land has a larger ecological carrying capacity deficit. In the process of achieving sustainable development, Henan Province should focus on reducing energy consumption and improving the ecological carrying capacity of fossil energy land. The paper concludes that the open ecological footprint model can simulate the ecological carrying capacity under different land use structures and different consumption structures. According to the simulation results, the technical methods to improve the ecological carrying capacity under the premise of limited land use scale can be proposed. The research can provide reference for land use structure adjustment, land use planning and land protection in Henan Province. It can also provide scientific basis for ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]