Estado del arte en la temática de incendios forestales en Bogotá

Abstract

Forest fires are defined as a fire that spreads without control, also it modifies or eliminates the plant cover that gets environmental importance (Ministry of the Environment, 2000), they are phenomenal that they are not only related with environmental losses, also economic and in some cases human lives, For this reason, models have been created that implement regulations and plans of National and District origin, which include the prevention and mitigation of these events, as well as studies have allowed us to learn more about climatic, geographical and vegetation factors and the most important causes. the degree of affectation and impact, risk management, among others. This has been a subject studied over the years, the result of which is the development of documents that address the subject from different perspectives, however, these documents are not compiled, making access to information and its development difficult. The objective of this work is to develop a compilation of different documents, from thesis, studies and methodologies that relate to the subject of forest fires in Bogotá, D.C., coming from different public and private institutions, as well as to classify them by through a rating scale for each criterion, obtaining a matrix of a bibliographic nature that gathers the information and allows, through its analysis, to determine the lines of research in the topics with less information; concluding topics such as restoration, mitigation and impact on mammals, impacts on water resources and environmental education, these ones are lines that need to be studied in greater depth and expand the documents that use them to improve the elements related to identification, prevention and response in forest fire events in Bogotá, D.C,. Finally, it is determined that the use of the matrix as a means of compilation and organization, It is an element that must be constantly promoted and updated with new documentation, to facilitate access to information, allowing distribution by topic, that it helps to discern about new matters that need to be developed or updated.