Forest eco-compensation mechanism:a survey

China is a country with a vast territory and a large population but limited forest resources,which is mainly distritruted in the economically less developed regions,Therefore,it is particularly important to address the issue to establish forest eco-compensation mechanism to overcome the problems of inequitv between the people and promote the public incentive for forest management and conservation.The defition of eco-compensation is deeply discussed basebased on the literature review of national and international in itiatives.According to summary and analysis of the empirical work of forest eco-compensation at international level,some significant inspirations are draw this paper.Based on them,this paper focuses on the forest eco-compensation mechanism of China.Firstly,integrating with the actual situation of China,the paper puts forward the policy framework of eco-compensation.the institutional framework of eco-eompensation should be established among the multi-departments with different temporal and spatial scales.Secondly the types and ranges of forest eco-compensation are,further ,studied,that is three levels of forest eco-compensation such as micro-level,macro-level as well as media-level,and then the standards of eco-compensation are primarily estimated,which include the three factors,namely direct expense of plantation,opportunity tost for forests protection and benefits of Jbrest ecosystem services.Finally the recommendation is creaated in terms of above research conclusions,which is provide the vital important references for government policy making in the forest eco-compensation domain.