| Land is the basic space of the human survival and the development. The entir historyof the development of human society is constituted by interdependence and interactionbetween people and land. Through the west development,social and economy of northwestarea obtained the grange development, but also led to the ecosystem crisis of the landresources. Soil pollution, soil erosion, desertification, salinization and so on, these problemreduced land ecosystem service function, affected northwest area and even whole nation ’ssustainable development directly. Land resources ecological compensation was imminent. Butland resources ecological compensation legal norms at home and abroad are relatively less oreven no.On the perspective of law, on the basis of extensive collection of information andsystematic analysis, considering the actual situation of northwest, land resources ecologicalcompensation system is studied deeply. Firstly, from the angle of ecological compensation,defined the meaning of ecological compensation of land resources, and analyzed theoreticalbasis of utilization of land resources ecological compensation, resource value theory,externality theory, public goods theory, sustainable development theory; Secondly, introducesthe necessity of land resources ecological compensation in the northwest area, the practicecondition of land resources ecological compensation in the northwest area, the legal systemcurrent situation and deficiency of land resources ecological compensation in northwest area;Thirdly, introduces the United States land fallow land reclamation process and the ecologicalcompensation system in detail; Finally, to construction of northwest area land resourcesecological compensation legal system, the article put forward the principle of land resourcesecological compensation, the specific content and security system. On these basis, theeconomy, society of northwest region will realize comprehensive, coordinated, sustainabledevelopment. |