Estimación de la captura de carbono de la flora arbórea de la ribera del río Tarqui en la zona urbana de la ciudad de Cuenca, Ecuador.

Abstract

In the present work, the carbon sequestration capacity of the trees on the urban banks of the Tarqui river was estimated. Four species were studied: Eucalyptus globulus, Populus alba, Salix humboldtiana and Alnus acuminata, which together captured 21,260.98 tons of CO2. In addition, an economic valuation was made regarding the sale of the carbon credit for the capture of CO2 and whose benefit would be $1,846,303.50 USD.