Áreas potenciales para plantaciones forestales con Brosimum alicastrum Sw., con fines de restauración

Restoration forest plantations are an alternative to recover degraded land and prevent erosion, as well as the reconversion to forest use of dismantled soils for agricultural and livestock purposes. The objective of this study was to determine the potential areas of forest plantations with Brosimum alicastrum, for restoration purposes in the state of Michoacan, through the use of geographic information systems. The delimitation of the areas was done with the programs IDRISI 32 and ArcView, and the environmental requirements of the species. The variables considered were precipitation, temperature, soil, altitude and slope. Twelve maps were generated in total, 10 for five regions and two for the state, showing the potential areas for the establishment of forest plantations for the restoration of this species in slope ranges of 0-15 % (mechanized) and 15 -30 % (not mechanized). The total area with potential to establish plantations for restoration purposes in the entity was 86 408 ha, of these 71 687 ha correspond to slopes of 0-15 %, and 14 721 ha in slopes of 15-30 %. The plantations can be established in the region: IV Oriente, V Tepalcatepec, VIII Tierra Caliente, IX Sierra Costa and X Infiernillo. The dry tropic of the state of Michoacan due to its ecological, geological, physiographic, and topographic characteristics, presents favorable conditions for the potential development of forest plantations of restoration with Brosimum alicastrum.