Valoración económica de madera de una plantación de eucalipto (Eucalyptus globulus), ubicado en la comunidad Pungal, parroquia La Matriz, cantón Guano, provincia de Chimborazo.

Abstract

This study proposed: economic valuation of wood in a plantation of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus), located in the community of Pungal, La Matriz parish, canton Guano, Province of Chimborazo. The study aimed to determine the costs of establishment, forest management and the volume of the forest mass of the plantation (Eucalyptus globulus) in which we used data from thirty years ago in sucres at that time, information provided by the Ministry of Environment and Water (MAAE), then by means of a systematic sampling, circular plots of 250 meters were made, within them trees were selected at random, obtaining data from a forest inventory, the cost of standing timber, the information was acquired from surveys of forestry companies and people who know about this forestry area. The results gotten were the cost of establishment was $24.79 dollars per hectare and $247.902 dollars for the entire study area which was 10.05 hectares, no data was recorded for the cost of forest management of the plantation due to lack of information. In addition, the total volume of the 10.05 hectares was 1,427.59 cubic meters. The cost of standing timber from the seven surveys carried out gave an average value of 6.14 dollars per cubic meter of timber, giving a total cost for the study area of 8,765.40 dollars for the eucalyptus plantation at Causancruz property. Then it was determined that the cost of the plantation has a profit margin of $8,517.50 dollars for the thirty years. For the cost of standing timber, it is suggested to continue with the research regarding the costs of forest harvesting, in order to know the values of the productive chain of Eucalyptus globulus.