Estrategias locales para enfrentar cambios en el clima en el municipio de Cota, departamento de Cundinamarca-Colombia

Abstract

In the present work it is proposed to inquire about the perception that the inhabitants have and the actions carried out by the Cota institutions based on the climatic conditions of the municipality formulating a research question: Are there local strategies generated from the knowledge and experience of the community that may be susceptible to be incorporated into an adaptive proposal by the municipality of Cota ?, this in order to analyze adaptive processes that help to establish policy parameters that can be used in Cota or other municipalities, or in their absence, to be able to formulate some recommendations that help the communities and institutions of Cota to plan their management in the face of adverse climate changes. Some of the main results of the research are the identification of the resilience capacity of some sectors of the community of the municipality of Cota to recover soils degraded by winter waves, change of traditional forms of cultivation systems and sustainable practices, use of ancestral techniques of cultivation and changes in the attitudes of the community in general towards the care of the environment. Positive actions and some shortcomings in the management of local and national governmental entities were identified in the attention to the emergencies that arose in the municipality and above all in the formation of the community to prepare for subsequent extreme environmental impacts that could arise.