Changes in the constituents of the "Bosque de Agua" of the Sierra Cruces-Ajusco-Chichinautzin, Mexico, an area with payment for environmental services.

ABSTRACT: The "Bosque de Agua", to the west and south of Mexico City, which is the fifth largest city in the world, has historically suffered disturbances in forest cover, with a consequent reduction in the environmental services provided. Changes in the state of the forests between 1994 and 2017 are here analyzed in terms of the annual net change in area of the different cover densities and the different change processes. In general, the net change was favorable in all cases: forest improvement vs. forest degradation, reforestation vs. deforestation, and afforestation vs. land use change. There were changes in 16.03% of the Bosque de Agua: recovery in 11.09% and disturbance in 4.94%. This marked recovery is the result of the protected status of two-thirds of the forest, the payment for hydro

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Garcia J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8516569 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature