Carbon stocks in coffee agroforests and mixed dry tropical forests in the western highlands of Guatemala
Tree removal in Latin American coffee agroforestry systems has been widespread due to complex and interacting factors that include fluctuating international markets, government-supported agricultural policies, and climate change. Despite shade tree removal and land conversion risks, there is currently no widespread policy incentive encouraging the maintenance of shade trees for the benefit of carbon sequestration. In facilitation of such incentives, an understanding of the capacity of coffee agroforests to store carbon relative to tropical forests must be developed. Drawing on ecological inventories conducted in 2007 and 2010 in the Lake Atitla´n region of Guatemala, this research examines the carbon pools of smallholder coffee agroforests (CAFs) as they compare to a mixed dry forest (MDF) system.
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| Format: | Texto biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
| Subjects: | Café, Captura de carbono, Sistemas agroforestales, Artfrosur, |
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