Framework of Evaluating Ecosystem Loss Caused by Accidents.

Abstract: The article is to construct a framework of evaluating the loss of destroyed ecosystem. First, based on published studies, the article sums up the ecosystem services as 9 kinds: supply, gas regulation, etc., the evaluation methods for each kind of services are also summarized. Then the procedure of evaluating the loss of destroyed ecosystem is put forward. After that the article focuses on four major ecosystems, forests, wetlands, grassland and farmland, analyzes their possible ecological service damages caused by accidents, and the alternative method of evaluating the loss. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]