CARBON EMISSIONS AND ABSORPTIONS PRODUCED BY DEFORESTATION, FOREST DEGRADATION, REFORESTATION, AND NATURAL FOREST RECOVERY. CASE STUDY: NORTH PACIFIC BASIN, MEXICO.
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Background: The degradation and loss of forest cover negatively impact different ecosystems, causing many socio-environmental challenges. This study aims to estimate carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, as well as carbon sequestration through natural forest recovery and reforestation in the North Pacific Basin of Mexico. The methodology follows the guidelines of the good practices of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, combining activity data with emission and sequestration factors.
Results: The findings indicate a deforestation of 597, 124 ha, a forest degradation of 491,285 ha, resulting in emissions of 9,685.28 Gg CO2e and 1, 048.49 Gg CO2e, respectively, as well as reforestation of 5, 328 ha and a natural forest recovery of 97, 112 ha, which originated an absorption of 6.81 Gg CO2e and 413.38 Gg CO2e, consecutively.
Conclusion: The highest emissions were associated with the conversion of primary and secondary deciduous forests into annual croplands. Furthermore, primary oak forests transitioned into secondary oak forests. The most affected municipalities include Badiraguato, Mezquital, Guadalupe y Calvo, Durango, Guachochi, Culiacán, and El Fuerte.
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