Corralito un Humedal en Vía de Extinción en el Corregimiento de Severá, Municipio de Cereté, Colombia
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2018-07
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Villadiego Lorduy, Jorge Rafael
Piedra Castro, Lilliana María
Tapia Contreras, Hernán
Méndez Nobles, Yhonathan
Díaz Hernández, Omar Carmelo
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Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica)
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El propósito de este artículo es analizar las condiciones ambientales presentes en el humedal de Corralito, el cual se soportó en el análisis y características de las esferas social, económica y natural, a fin de entender las causas de los eventos físicos, económicos, sociales que expliquen los daños
ambientales que ha sufrido en los últimos años. La problemática ambiental existente es el resultado de las presiones de tipo antrópico a la que ha sido sometido, la ausencia de una cultural ambiental y los
intereses de los dueños de predios colindantes de apropiarse del espejo de agua lo han llevado a su desequilibrio y degradación. Como resultado del diagnóstico territorial, se identificaron dos problemas ambientales fundamentales: La desecación del humedal y la pérdida de la biodiversidad. Factores como el bajo nivel educativo, las escasas oportunidades de empleo, los pocos ingresos por núcleo familiar y las deficientes condiciones sanitarias no contribuyen al desarrollo sostenible local. Se resalta que un 80% del total de los núcleos familiares entrevistados tienen como actividad económica los oficios varios, y que la construcción de terraplenes y el proceso de parcelación contribuyó desde el año 2000 a una reducción drástica de su área.
This article aims to analyze the environmental conditions present in the Corralito wetland, whose social, economic, and natural characteristics were considered to understand the causes of the physical, economic, and social events that explain the environmental damage it has suffered from in recent years. The existing environmental problem is the result of anthropogenic pressures to which it has been subjected, the absence of an environmental culture, and the interests of the owners of adjacent properties to appropriate the water mirror that have led to its imbalance and degradation. As a result of the territorial diagnosis, two fundamental environmental problems were identified: the drying of the wetland and the loss of biodiversity. Factors such as low educational level, scarce employment opportunities, low family income and poor sanitary conditions do not contribute to local sustainable development. It is highlighted that 80% of the families interviewed have diverse economic activities and that the construction of embankments and the parceling process contributed, since 2000, to a drastic reduction of the wetland area.
This article aims to analyze the environmental conditions present in the Corralito wetland, whose social, economic, and natural characteristics were considered to understand the causes of the physical, economic, and social events that explain the environmental damage it has suffered from in recent years. The existing environmental problem is the result of anthropogenic pressures to which it has been subjected, the absence of an environmental culture, and the interests of the owners of adjacent properties to appropriate the water mirror that have led to its imbalance and degradation. As a result of the territorial diagnosis, two fundamental environmental problems were identified: the drying of the wetland and the loss of biodiversity. Factors such as low educational level, scarce employment opportunities, low family income and poor sanitary conditions do not contribute to local sustainable development. It is highlighted that 80% of the families interviewed have diverse economic activities and that the construction of embankments and the parceling process contributed, since 2000, to a drastic reduction of the wetland area.
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HUMEDALES, EXTINCIÓN EN MASA, ECOSISTEMAS, PROTECCIÓN AMBIENTAL, WETLANDS, ECOSYSTEMS, COLOMBIA