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  4. Baseline of Carbon Stocks in Pinus radiata and Eucalyptus spp. Plantations of Chile

Baseline of Carbon Stocks in Pinus radiata and Eucalyptus spp. Plantations of Chile

Año

2020

Categoría

Cambio climático, Carbono, Desarrollo Productivo, Política pública

Autores

Autores: Guillermo Olmedo, Mario Guevara, Horacio Gilabert, Cristián Montes, Eduardo Arellano, Beatriz Barría-Knopf, Francisco Gárate, Pablo Mena-Quijada, Eduardo Acuña, Horacio Bown, Michael Ryan.

Publicado en

Revista: Forests 2020, 11(10), 1063; https://doi.org/10.3390/f11101063

Abstract

Forest plantations have a large potential for carbon sequestration, playing an important role in the global carbon cycle. However, despite the large amount of research carried out worldwide, the absolute contribution of forest plantations is still incomplete for some parts of the world. To help bridge this gap, we calculated the amount of C stock in three fast growing forest species in Chile. Carbon pools in above-ground and below-ground biomass, forest floor, and soil were considered for this analysis. Across the plantation forests of Chile, carbon accumulated in the above-ground biomass was 181–212 Mg · ha−1 for Pinus radiata, 147–180 Mg · ha−1 for Eucalyptus nitens, and 95–117 Mg · ha−1 for Eucalyptus globulus (age 20–24 years for P. radiata and 10–14 years for Eucalyptus).