Abstract:

Ecological compensation is an important measure to ensure the ecological environment security of water source areas in the middle route of southtonorth water transfer project. After analyzing the temporary governmentled ecological compensation mechanism, this paper discusses the theoretical and practical basis of the marketoriented ecological compensation mechanism in the water source area of the middle route of southtonorth water transfer project. Then four patterns of the marketoriented ecological compensation are put forward. (1) Water rights transaction pattern. In this pattern, the market transaction mechanism and auction mechanism of water right are designed. (2) Development rights transference pattern. Development rights transference can be carried out mainly by industrial policy compensation. That is to say, water receiving areas acquire those companies that do much harm to the environment in the water source area, and help the water source area build enclaves in welldeveloped districts. (3) Ecological economy pattern. In this pattern, water source areas are encouraged to produce ecological products, and make full use of local characteristics to develop ecological economy. Thus they can achieve selfcompensation. (4) Public goods marketization purchase pattern. With compensated funds, governments buy ecological construction projections and services supplied by private sectors directly for water source areas, instead of producing by themselves and allocating funds to water source areas. At last, the paper comes up with some advice on how to gradually introduce the market force into the existing governmentled ecological compensation mechanism in the water source of the middle route of southtonorth water transfer project