Contenido y captura de carbono en plantación de Pinus patula Schiede ex Schltdl.&Cham., en el ejido Rancho Nuevo Nanacamila, Zacatlán de las Manzanas, Puebla, México

Forest plantations represent one of the main mitigation alternatives to climate change due to carbon stores in biomass and soil. Inpresent work the estimation of biomass and carbon stores was carried out in a plantation of Pinus patula Schiede ex Schltdl. &Cham. Location of the site was the Rancho Nuevo Nanacamila ejido in the Zacatlán de las Manzanas municipality, Puebla. Fiveplots of 33 x 33 m were established in order to verify distances between trees in the field. Allometric equations were used to knowthe volume gained during its growth in 2017 and 2018, and the aerial biomass was estimated to calculate the present carbon content.As a result, a total of 1,580 trees were measured whose diameters ranged from 0.5 to 27.9 cm. The average biomass calculation was3,841 t ha. Because the growth of trees is relatively slow, the most effective way to fix COis through proper forest management,harvesting at the best time and turning wood into durable products that allow to store carbon for a long period of time.