Stored carbon in a forest in Domingodó, Choco - Colombia

Abstract

In the forest of the upper watershed of the Domingodo’s river, located to town of Carmen de Darien in Choco. It was estimated the amount of aerial and carbon biomass stored in the ecosystem and ten species with greater importance value, since they represent 46.69% of the total ecosystem, for this they selected eleven allometric equations based on the recommended models of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) bearing in mind the biogeographical factors to choose the ones that best fit the ecosystem. For most species, the model that was most adjusted was the Alvarez of premontane rainforest. The calculation of stored carbon is determined with the fraction of 50% of the biomass, his is determined by the IPPC. As a result, it was obtained that the ecosystem on average contains 35.80ton/0.05ha of aerial biomass and 17.9ton/0.05ha carbon capture, which are of great importance to combat global warming.