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2. Outline
Background: Study Sites
Objectives
Methodology
Forest Profiles
Biodiversity
Deadwood
Carbon Stocks
Forest Management
Conclusions
3. Background: Centro Man
Area: 7 hectares
Management Plan
Original Basal Area: 24.83 m2per ha
Reduced Basal Area by 4.3 m2 per ha or 17%
4. Background: Gucimo-Pococ Protected Zone
Created in 1987
Area: 4,256 hectares
Connects Braulio Carrillo National Park and Turrialba National
Park
No signs of logging
5. Objectives
Compare the effects of forest management on carbon, biodiversity,
and deadwood
Estimate carbon stocks
Place a value on carbon stocks
6. Methodology
6 Plots: 25 m by 25 m
Recorded:
Diameter at Breast Height (DBH)
Location
Commercial & Total Heights
Species
Crown Diameters
Deadwood
7. Forest Profiles: Centro Man
8. Forest Profiles: Protected Area