Retention of carbon by forest heritage forest Comprehensive Enterprise Villa Clara. First approach
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
The study was carried out in the forest areas of the Integral Forest Company of Villa Clara (EFIVC) (43281.68 ha) being determined the quantity of retained carbon as well as its total sink capacity. For doing this, a methodology described by Álvarez, 2002 and 2003 was used. The results show that, though the forest areas of the EFIVC decreased in 8%, the potential of carbon sink in their areas was not significantly affected. The species of Pinus caribaea, Casuarina equisetifolia and Eucaliptus sp were those that more contributed to store the carbon. The Coastal protective forest and the Flora and Fauna protective forest were those that more carbon retained in their areas. The type of forest formation Mangrove retained 87% from the carbon when comparing it with the other forest formations in the area. To a rhythm of plantation of 1.332,49 ha per annum the areas would be planted to reach the maximum potential of the company of the order of the 4.693.271, 65 t of sink carbon in an 8.11 year cycle.
Downloads
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Those authors who have publications with this journal accept the following terms of the License Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0):
You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
- No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
The journal is not responsible for the opinions and concepts expressed in the works, they are the sole responsibility of the authors. The Editor, with the assistance of the Editorial Committee, reserves the right to suggest or request advisable or necessary modifications. They are accepted to publish original scientific papers, research results of interest that have not been published or sent to another journal for the same purpose.
The mention of trademarks of equipment, instruments or specific materials is for identification purposes, and there is no promotional commitment in relation to them, neither by the authors nor by the publisher.
How to Cite
References
Álvarez, A. et al. 2001. «Perspectivas de las opciones de mitigación del cambio climático el sector forestal cubano». Informe de País sobre Cambio Climático. La Habana. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales. 24 p.
Álvarez, A. 2002. «Densidad de la madera de especies forestales arbóreas. Base de datos (V- 1.0)». La Habana. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales.
Álvarez, A. 2003. «Cómo realizar los cálculos de las existencias de carbono retenido por una Empresa Forestal. Metodología». Proyecto 11.25: El Sector Forestal y el Cambio Climático. Segunda aproximación. La Habana. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales. 5 p.
Bisse, J. 1988. Árboles de Cuba. La Habana. Editorial Científico-Técnica. 384 p.
Ciesla, W. 2002. «Climate Change, Forests and Forest Management», FAO Forestry Paper 226. Rome. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. p. 158
Loguercio, G. A. 2000. «Cambio climático: el rol de los bosques como sumideros de carbono». Forestal Net. Magazine Electrónico (AR) Nº 5.
Gómez Echeverri, L. 2000. Climate Change and Develoment. Yale School of Forestry & Enviromental Studies and UNDP. 427 p.
SEF. 2003. Documento de la Dinámica Forestal de la Empresa Forestal Integral Villa Clara.
Segura, M. 2001. «Estimación de carbono en ecosistemas forestales: Los aportes de modelos de biomasa». En: Curso cambio climático: El Mecanismo de Desarrollo Limpio y el Sector Forestal, 24-27 de Septiembre, 2001. Costa Rica. CATIE.
Suárez, C. E. 2000. «A Review of Latin American Contribution to Climate Change Mitigation». En: Climate Change and Development. A Collaborative Project of the UN Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean and the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. 438 pp.