Reserva de carbono en el bosque nublado Amaru-Huachocolpa-Chihuana Huancavelica, Perú: estimación y valoración económica

Translated title of the contribution: Carbon reserve in the Amaru-Huachocolpa-Chihuana Huancavelica cloud forest, Peru: Estimation and economic valuation

Emerson Jaime-Huamán, Héctor Aponte, Alexander Damián-Parizaca, María La Torre-Cuadros

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Abstract

This research sought to perform an economic valuation of the carbon reserve in the aerial biomass (RCBA) of two types of vegetation cover in the Amaru-Huachocolpa-Chihuana Cloud Forest Regional Conservation Area (ACRBNA), Huancavelica, Peru. To this effect, we estimated the aboveground biomass of two 0.5 ha plots established in an altimontane mountain forest (P1) and a montane mountain forest (P2). The RCBA was higher in P2, with 36.78 tC (74 tC.ha-1), reaching an economic value of USD$ 5726. The five species with the greatest contribution to the carbon reserve represented 46.61%. The RCBA value for P1 was 20.72 tC (41 tC.ha-1), reaching an economic value of USD$ 3226, and the five species with the greatest contribution represented 70.27% of the total biomass value. These data facilitate the development of a carbon credit proposal and constitute the basic information for economically valuing carbon reserves.

Translated title of the contributionCarbon reserve in the Amaru-Huachocolpa-Chihuana Huancavelica cloud forest, Peru: Estimation and economic valuation
Original languageSpanish
Article numbere21821
JournalColombia Forestal
Volume28
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2025

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