Evaluación del proyecto PRO-CIÉNAGA sobre la recuperación del Complejo Delta Estuarino de la Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta y su vigencia en el contexto actual

Abstract

The Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta (CGSM) is a Delta-Estuary ecosystem complex, of great ecological importance for the services it provides, however, it has been affected by different pressures, evidencing a drastic loss of mangrove cover and the fishing resource, affecting the environmental services it provides and the quality of life of local communities. In this sense, the PRO-CIÉNAGA rehabilitation project (1992-2001) sought the recovery of this complex through different strategies, but, although its actions proved to be effective, its results did not achieve permanence over time in the state of the CGSM. . Given this scenario, this work aims to evaluate the actions of the PRO-CIÉNAGA project on the Estuary Delta complex of the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta and its validity in the current context. For this, the study was proposed from the ecology of the landscape that, through the DPSIR model, the CONESA environmental impact assessment methodology and the analysis of change in coverage, evidencing the increase in mangrove coverage, raised as indicators of the state of the CGSM, related to PRO-CIÉNAGA and the slowdown of this process at its end, likewise, the main pressures and their impacts for the generation of strategies were identified; concluding that, although the PRO-CIÉNAGA project had positive results, mainly on mangrove forests, various pressures have contributed to the slowdown of the process, therefore, it is recommended to adopt measures for follow-up and monitoring, the incorporation of the communities in the process of reforestation and care, as well as the use of in situ measures to reduce salinity in critical situations.