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ItemCarbono almacenado en biomasa aérea y suelos de un área del “Bosque y vegetación protector El Artesan EcuadorianHands”, Joa, Jipijapa(Ingeniero Agronomo, 2022-04) Ávila Peñafiel, Jennifer DaisyTHE VALUATION OF CARBON STORED IN FORESTS IS ESSENTIAL WHEN PROMOTING ITS CONSERVATION. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO ESTIMATE THE CARBON STORED IN AERIAL BIOMASS AND SOILS OF AN AREA OF THE "FOREST AND PROTECTIVE VEGETATION EL ARTESAN ECUADORIANHANDS", JOA, JIPIJAPA IN ECUADOR. TWENTY-FOUR PERMANENT CIRCULAR SAMPLING PLOTS WERE RANDOMLY ESTABLISHED WITH AN AREA OF 500 M2 CONSIDERING THREE ELEVATIONAL FLOORS (200 - 250; 251 - 300 AND> 300 MASL). DIAMETER AT CHEST HEIGHT (DBH) AND THE TOTAL HEIGHT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DBH> 5 CM WERE RECORDED. AN ALLOMETRIC EQUATION WAS USED TO ESTABLISH THE LIVING AERIAL BIOMASS AND ESTIMATE THE STORED CARBON USING THE DATA RECORDED IN THE FIELD. THIS EQUATION CONTAINS INFORMATION OF WOOD DENSITY; DUE TO THIS, IT WAS NECESSARY TO PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFY THE SPECIES. SOIL CARBON WAS EVALUATED FROM ORGANIC CARBON AND APPARENT DENSITY. THE RESULTS INDICATE THAT ALTITUDE IS NOT A FACTOR THAT INTERVENES IN CARBON STORAGE IN LIVING AERIAL BIOMASS AND SOILS. 90% OF THE CARBON STORED IN LIVING AERIAL BIOMASS IS DOMINATED BY C. TRISCHISTANDRA, E. RUIZII, B. GRAVEOLENS, AND E. VELUTINA. THE AVERAGE CARBON STOCK IN THE SOILS OF THE JOA, JIPIJAPA FOREST IS 71.84 MG C HA-1; THEREFORE, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS TYPE OF FOREST SYMBOLIZES AN OPTION TO COUNTERACT THE INCREASE IN ATMOSPHERIC CO2, THIS BEING A JUSTIFICATION TRANSCENDENTAL FOR ITS CONSERVATION, EVEN MORE SO WHEN THE FOREST IS UNDERGOING DYNAMIC GROWTH PROCESSES.