Lineamientos para establecer el Manejo de Impacto de Visitantes (VIM) en el parque ecológico Pionono - municipio Sopó

Abstract

Pionono ecological park, where the investigation was carried out, is located on Sopo’s province and it is one of the main touristic places of the area. The work is constructed on how the visiting people should be managed. This means a structured and adequate tourist promotion for the population and the present ecosystems in the park. The first part of the work was developed in the reference frame which is all the concepts and legislation that supports the research and also the geographical location of this ecological park. Information is fundamental for the development of the proposed objectives. After this, the research methodology is described, which are the main instruments to achieve their accomplishment. By using these tools it is possible to achieve the environmental evaluation and to understand the problematic and to describe the main management strategies. The starting point for the research was the environmental-social diagnostic. In this part, the general conditions of the province are presented from a social perspective and the park ecosystem is described, including environmental components such as soil and weather among others, to develop the environmental component. After this, the touristic activities visitor do in the area are described, showing the changes on the ecosystem, management activities and to offer the touristic service. From the information gathered during this process the research obtained the environmental evaluation where it is described the positive or negative effects to the environment and its components. In the next part of the work the base indicators are formulated to measure the pressure generated by the activities inside the ecological park within the environmental frame and the correct management in the economical and socio-cultural frames. This information will be used to monitor and evaluate the activity response. Finally, a problematic analysis is done and with its information the management general strategies are proposed, so after that the basis on the management strategic plan can be presented which will need to be done and implemented in the Pionono ecological park to guarantee a tourism system framed on sustainability