Tree diversity, use and carbon stocks in productive restoration areas in Calakmul, Campeche

Authors

  • Germán Alberto Hernández-Dzib El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Investigaci´on y Soluciones Socioambientales, A.C.
  • Ligia Esparza-Olguín El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
  • Eduardo Martínez Romero Investigación y Soluciones Socioambientales, A. C.
  • Lucio Pat-Fernández El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Unidad Campeche
  • Aixchel Maya-Martínez Campo Experimental Edzná, CIR-Sureste, INIFAP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19136/era.a8n3.2821

Abstract

Tropical forests of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (REBICA) are home to high biodiversity and provide diverse ecosystem services threatened by the advance of the agricultural frontier. Productive restoration (RP), as a strategy that articulates the needs of producers and the conservation of natural resources, was implemented in modules in the ejidos Benito Juárez II (BJ), Eugenio Echeverría Castellot I (EEC) and Los Angeles (LA), adjacent to the REBICA. The objectives of this study were describe the RP strategies used and analyze the initial conditions of composition, structure, aerial biomass and carbon storage. The ejidos EEC and LA were associated with agroforestry systems, while in BJ a silvopastoral system was implemented, estimating densities of 1 718 ind ha-1, 2 885 ind ha-1 and 1 854 ind ha-1 respectively. True diversity (1D) ranged from 20.8 in LA to 15.13 in EEC and 13.47 in BJ. Sixteen potential uses were recognized for the identified species of which 47 were protected under CITES, IUCN and NOM-059 lists. The carbon values corresponded to 6.96 Mg C ha-1 in BJ, 10.32 Mg C ha-1 in EEC and 34.40 Mg C ha-1 in LA. The variations in composition, structure, biomass and carbon estimated indicate that the estimation of this baseline will facilitate the generation of a monitoring program that will allow evaluating the impact of the restoration actions implemented and, where appropriate, modifying them to accelerate the recovery of the analysed attributes.

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Author Biographies

  • Germán Alberto Hernández-Dzib, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Investigaci´on y Soluciones Socioambientales, A.C.

    Biologist graduated from the Autonomous University of Campeche, currently a student of the master’s degree in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development of El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Unidad Campeche. Member of Investigación y Soluciones Socioambientales, A. C. His interests focus on environmental education, productive restoration, environmental monitoring and natural resource management, he has collaborated in various research projects in the Calakmul region.

  • Eduardo Martínez Romero, Investigación y Soluciones Socioambientales, A. C.

    He´´ is a member of the National System of Researchers Level I. His lines of research are: environmental sociology, conservation and sustainable management of natural resources, resources of collective use in local institutions, analysis of degradation and deforestation processes, and socio-environmental conflicts.

  • Lucio Pat-Fernández, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Unidad Campeche

    Agronomist and Master of Science in Rural Development Economics, Chapingo Autonomous University. Doctor of Science in Ecology and Sustainable Development, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur. His studies focus on food safety, beekeeping and meliponiculture, agro-food value chains, and social organizations with a multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach.

  • Aixchel Maya-Martínez, Campo Experimental Edzná, CIR-Sureste, INIFAP

    he graduated from the Faculty of Biology of the UMSNH with a degree in biology, and from ECOSRUR with a Master of Science in Natural Resources and Rural Development and a Doctorate in Science in Ecology and Sustainable Development, both with a focus on biodiversity conservation. Candidate for the National System of Researchers (SIN) in the period 2010-2012. Author and co-author of eleven scientific articles, most of them related to the ecology and conservation of the flora and fauna of the Yucatan Peninsula. She is also the author and co-author of three technical books, the latest of which is the product of a CONACYT project funded by the National Problems 2014 call, which is entitled: Agroforestry modules of diversified and intensive production in temperate forest and humid forest of Mexico; another of them was the sectoral diagnosis for the planning in the state of Campeche. Participation in more than 20 research projects, the last two as technical manager: one state, financed by CONAFOR (2015 - 2017) and the other national and financed by CONACYT (2015 - 2018).

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Published

2021-12-17

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 3 (2021): Septiembre-Diciembre

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SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE

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How to Cite

Hernández-Dzib, G. A., Esparza-Olguín, L., Martínez Romero, E., Pat-Fernández, L. ., & Maya-Martínez, A. (2021). Tree diversity, use and carbon stocks in productive restoration areas in Calakmul, Campeche. Ecosistemas Y Recursos Agropecuarios, 8(3). https://doi.org/10.19136/era.a8n3.2821