Plan de acción participativo mediante la reconversión de la cuenca alta de la quebrada Aguablanca - Santander

Abstract

Historically, in the Peña Blanca sector in the municipality of Puente Nacional, Santander, agricultural and livestock activities have been developed, which has affected the moor ecosystem, typical of the area and the source of the Aguablanca stream, which supplies water to the urban area of ​​the municipality; for this reason, the objective of this research is the formulation of a participatory action plan aimed at the recovery of conservation zones - environmental protection and also, to reestablish the conditions of the ecosystems such as their structure, composition and functions, through the reconversion and substitution of agricultural activities developed in this sector. For the formulation of this action plan, an ecological survey was carried out, determining the formative factors or attributes of the landscape, followed by an economic and qualitative evaluation of the agricultural dynamics developed in the sector through the application of an interview, with the objective of knowing the background of the expansion of the agricultural frontier in these areas, in order to design the strategies, through which the reconversion and substitution of the activities not compatible with the conservation-protection zones of the Upper Basin of the Quebrada Aguablanca, established in the POMCA of the Medio and Bajo Suárez River, is achieved, in such a way that the existing economic conditions are maintained or improved. Based on the results obtained, it was determined that the agricultural activities developed in the sector have decreased significantly due to the poor condition of the roads, pests, among other factors, for which three projects were designed to improve the economic conditions of the inhabitants, which correspond to Payment for Ecosystem Services (PSA), sustainable tourism and a sustainable agroecological model.