Valoración económica del servicio ambiental de provisión de madera del capital natural plantado de pino en el cantón y provincia de Loja

Abstract

For the valuation of the stock of natural planted pine stock, the descriptive - descriptive method was used in order to analyze the present and potential situation of the natural capital planted in the pine of the province of Loja. The essential characteristics of the variables taken for the development of the research such as the natural stock of planted pine in hectares, volume of wood (m³ / ha) and VPN ($ / ha). By obtaining fruitful results both in the volume of wood and in its economic value, thus we have that the total volume of the wood is 1'951,466.24 m³ of standing wood and 1'561,173.20 m³, already discounting a 20% waste, With a gross economic value without discount of $ 3'900,000 (US dollars); And the NPV with a discount rate of 9% is $ 2'016,778 (US dollars). The information or results obtained is of an economic type, so that the producers and the owners of the territories have a more general vision for the decision making in the future