Current status of Conocarpus erectus L., in the coastal sector of Cacongo, Cabinda province, Angola

Abstract

The research was conducted in the period from November 2018 to November 2019, in the coastal sector Cacongo, Cabinda province, in a coastal protection area of 14 ha, with the objective of characterizing the status of the species Conocarpus erectus. Different dasometric parameters were evaluated: height (m), diameter (cm); basal area (m2) and volume (m3); as well as natural regeneration (incipient, established) and mortality (cut trees, dead trees and cut branches). With community participation, the main environmental problems affecting the species were determined by interviewing 65 people individually for 100 % and an observation guide was applied. The species was planted in the first line of the sea, where it does not adapt, it does not have an adequate development, the dynamics of natural regeneration is incipient with few established plants, with a state of the species in each plot that shows the following behavior: 44 dead trees, 134 cut trees and 110 cut branches. The main problems identified in the mangrove ecosystem were inadequate development (92 %), indiscriminate logging (85 %), diseases (74 %), coastal erosion (52 %), road and threshing construction (41 %), sea penetration (32 %) and water pollution (oil) (23 %).

Keywords

• parámetros dasométricos
• regeneración natural
• principales problemas y sector costero.