The
technical team of APRONAD, presented this May 20, 2017, the progress of the
Project: Reduction of GHG Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
in the Republic of Panama (Voluntary Carbon Market, MVC).
The goal
of the Project is to achieve the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG),
equivalent to 3 million carbon credits, which will be traded in the Carbon
Market (MVC). Moreover, objective of the Workshop was to know the methodology
and its application in the realization of forest inventories (carbon stocks),
to agree the hiring of the company that will carry out the validation of the
project, and to inform the procedures that are done for the opening and
registration of the Project, a fundamental requirement to achieve the bond
issue.
The
activity was carried out in the community of Coclesito, District of Donoso,
Province of Colón. National coordinators representing private forest owners
throughout the country, as well as members of communities, all interested in
conserving forests, were involved in the face of advances in deforestation and
degradation.
The
Workshop served to review the main results of the forest inventory (carbon
stock) in the District of Donoso.
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- Results of the Forest Inventory in the District of Donoso.
A Temporary Sample Plot was selected in the District of Donoso. The methodology used for the inventory survey consisted of a UM whose dimensions were 100m x 100m (Square), with four subplots at the vertices of 12m x 12m; Established to take information from the forest on biomass and carbon. The variables that were measured were: DAP at 1.30 m of the soil, total height, commercial height. In the entire UM, all trees with DBH ≥ 50 cm were measured; In the subplots, all trees with DBH ≥ 10 cm. A 100 m transect was demarcated in the center of the plot to measure the necromass.
The
study yields the following results:
The
District of Donoso is home to the Tropical Humid Forest (bmh-T) according to
Holdridge's classification of living zones; Is a zone of Very Humid Tropical
Climate (Afi) according to the criteria used by Koppen. If we use the
classification of the vegetation of Panama, in the District of Donosa
predominates the Tropical Evergreen Forest with soils of type VI considering
its agrological classification.
The data indicate
that these forests store more than 140 t c / ha in the aerial biomass per
hectare. If we compare our values with those of the inventory made in Donoso in
2016 by CEPSA and the one made for the Western Region of the Canal Basin by the
Panama Canal Authority (ACP), the values are very similar to both.
During the Workshop the following additional
conclusions were discussed:
- The topography of the area is very irregular, with estimated slopes of up to 50%, which implies the loss of litter. In addition, since it is a forest with a broad canopy, the growth of grasses or other weeds is almost nil.
- The carbon in the soil is 72 t C / ha, reflecting its great richness in organic matter.
The complete inventory will be posted online after the Project (PPD) is
validated and registered.
The results have been evaluated as positive. Inventories will continue
throughout the country, in regions where forest owners, indigenous territories
and grassroots community organizations are located.
- The validation of the Project.
Workshop
attendees accepted the recommendation of the APRONAD technical team, to hire
AENOR, with extensive experience in the validation of carbon projects in the
forestry sector.
We
recommend reading an article recently published in the corporate magazine of
AENOR on the work on the GUATECARBON project in the Maya Biosphere Reserve in
Guatemala http://www.aenor.com/revista/pdf/ene17/24ene17.
- Project Registration.
APRONAD
has initiated the procedures for the opening of an Account and the Project
Register, in an international entity. Once confirmed this management, will be
released the data of the account and its registry.
New forest inventories will be made during the month of June 2007 in the following locations:
- Province of Veraguas.
- Penonomé (Sub-Watershed of the Zarati River).
- Province of Los Santos.
- Province of Panama (East Panama).
- Community of Arimae (Collective Land Emberá Wounaan). In this case, the inventories have been carried out by international organizations, therefore, the Project (PPD) will be developed.
