Formulación de diseños paisajísticos basados en restauración ecológica para la rehabilitación ambiental de los predios La Laja y el Milagro. Cerros orientales. Localidad de Usaquén

Abstract

The Eastern Hills are of great environmental importance for the Bogotá city thanks to the wide range of ecosystem services they provide; however, it is evident the progress of the degradation processes, so it is necessary to recover these areas. A landscape design was made based on ecological restoration criteria and the adjustment of the plant and landscape repopulation program based on the new terms of reference of the District Secretary of Environment (SDA) for the Environmental Management, Restoration and Recovery Plan (PMRRA) of the La Laja and El Milagro lands affected by the extractive activity of minerals. For this, the fundamental restoration steps were followed by (Vargas et al., 2007) and the proposed floristic arrangements were made with native the Andean and high Andean forest species and with a quincunx plantation frame that allows optimum use of the available areas and resources; this for promote connectivity with the Bosque Oriental de Bogotá Protective Forest Reserve (hereinafter RFPBOB) and mitigate adverse effects on the visual impact of the landscape. A total of 772 trees planted at the beginning of the internship were identified, during the development of these 551 new individuals were planted and it will be necessary to establish 1292 more individuals and the implementation of biomanto for the revegetalization and slope coverage.