La diversidad mejora el almacenamiento de carbono en los bosques tropicales
Tropical forests are the livelihood and home of individuals, communities, populations and species (animals, plants, fungi and bacteria) and their interactions; rivers, lakes and lagoons are added to the environment of these ecosystems. They are essential for sustainable development as they contribut...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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2021
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| Online Access: | https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=8056961 |
| Source: | RECIMUNDO: Revista Científica de la Investigación y el Conocimiento, ISSN 2588-073X, Vol. 5, Nº. 3, 2021, pags. 316-323 |
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Tropical forests are the livelihood and home of individuals, communities, populations and species (animals, plants, fungi and bacteria) and their interactions; rivers, lakes and lagoons are added to the environment of these ecosystems. They are essential for sustainable development as they contribute to rural income, food security, fresh water supply, disease control and protection against natural disasters. Tropical forests have an essential ecological value for the balance of the biodiversity of the entire Earth. We depend on forests for our survival, from the air we breathe to the wood we use. At the global level, the loss of biodiversity and the increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere accelerate global warming and are the most important problems from an environmental point of view. The ability of forests to capture and retain carbon helps mitigate climate change by reducing the content of this greenhouse gas (CO2) in the atmosphere. The general approach of this work is to show how diversity improves carbon storage in tropical forests, their main functions and the impact they have on the environment. The results were obtained through the development of a bibliographic research, limited to a review methodology, which allows to conclude that one of the most important ecosystem services provided by tropical forests is carbon storage, that is, capture and long-term storage of carbon dioxide, which is the main driver of climate change, with the fastest growing species being the ones that capture the most carbon and release the most oxygen into the atmosphere |
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