Regeneración natural de pino macho (Pinus caribaea Morelet var. caribaea Barret y Golfari) para el incremento del índice de boscosidad en el macizo San Felipe-Los Joberos.

Natural regeneration of pino macho (Pinus caribaea Morelet var. caribaea Barret and Golfari) for increasing forest rate in the massive San Felipe-Los Joberos. In this paper the behavior of natural regeneration (RN) of the male pine (Pinus caribaea Morelet var. caribaea Barret and Golfari) is evaluated as an alternative reforestation of logged areas or affected by forest fires in the San Felipe-LosJoberos hills . For this, a study was conducted for four years (January 2009 to May 2013), in which the deposition of litter, number of seeds in the soil, number of trees / ha; height and mean diameter in the RN was determined, loading seed into the soil, and such as nearby trees isolated adult or adult plantations. Finally the costs incurred by way of planting and analyzed alternative management were evaluated. The results, therefore the number of plants as for its size, which makes it roughly equivalent to adjacent stands from plantations, indicate the effectiveness of this type of reforestation in the area. The economic advantages of natural regeneration on the plantation are shown, making it possible to develop strategies for management of the species in these conditions. Training decision-makers on environmental education is projected to mitigate the effect on forest cover or other environmental impacts while raising the culture for payment of services generated by forest vegetation