Evaluación cualitativa de los servicios ecosistémicos identificados en una Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil, caso de estudio Reserva Natural Palma de Cera, ubicada en La Vega Cundinamarca

Abstract

This document aims to present a methodology to evaluate the ecosystem services (SSEE) derived from the Palma de Cera Natural Reserve usufructed by interest groups, previously identified and characterized, that maintain a relationship with the study area; For this, it is essential to establish the ecosystems based on the coverage present today, understanding ecosystems as a community of living organisms that interrelate in the same physical environment, according to Escolástico et al. (2013) are not independent entities isolated from each other, on the contrary, by sharing environments and habitats, they interact with each other in different ways, obtaining specific biotic and abiotic properties, which find a wide range of goods and services for human beings, organized in social systems whose existence is not independent of ecological systems (MAVDT et, al. 2008). The characterization of the SSEE was based on primary and secondary information on biotic and abiotic elements typical of the study area, giving rise to a categorization of these benefits adapting what was exposed by Martín et al. (2012). Additionally, the hierarchization and qualification techniques belonging to the multicriteria analysis proposed by Mendoza et al. (1999) which allows carrying out the evaluation of the SSEE determining its importance based on the assessment made by the interest groups related to the reserve, through the personalized application of semi-structured interviews, either because they are property owners. from the village of San Antonio, experts and/or visitors from the RNSC (Muñoz López et al. 2017). This is how the knowledge and perception of the users interviewed defines the degree of importance of each ecosystem service derived from the unit of analysis, due to the benefits received and that jointly guarantee human well-being, since according to Rincón et al. . (2014) the SSEE constitute the bridge that mediates the relationship between the social and ecological system, understanding the first, as the demand and the second, as the offer that contemplates the capacity to provide services from the ecosystem.