Apoyo en la consolidación y análisis de datos del componente biótico con énfasis en las temáticas forestales para la toma de decisiones en los diseños de proyectos y actividades asociadas a los planes de manejo ambiental

Abstract

ISA Intercolombia S.A. E.S.P. It is the largest company providing public high-voltage energy transmission service in the country and the only one with national coverage. It is part of ISA and its companies where it is in charge of developing, managing, building, operating and maintaining its assets in the National Interconnected System (SIN). It has 12,000 kilometers of line circuits and is present in 402 municipalities, thus contributing to the development and competitiveness of Colombia. ISA Intercolombia’s premise is to reduce intervention in the areas where its projects run, following the necessary technical and financial guidelines for the sustainable development of the country within the regional and national environmental legal frameworks. Therefore, one of the challenges presented by transmission projects is to identify the areas subject to forestry use and the growth of vegetation over time, taking into account that most projects are linear and run through various biomes, life zones, ecosystems and plant covers. Additionally, forestry harvesting areas must comply with the guidelines established by the Environmental Authorities, which restrict intervention activities of vegetation cover in various areas of the national territory; On the other hand, forestry exploitation is necessary to comply with the Technical Regulations for Electrical Installations (RETIE), which establishes the technical requirements to build and operate transmission projects. Thus, when the vegetation fails to comply with the technical guidelines established in the RETIE, either because they come into contact with the circuits (cables) or are less than 5 m from them, transmission projects can interrupt their operation. Operation and in the worst case scenario generate fires within their easements; therefore; It is necessary to adequately manage the vegetation that is located within the easement and in surrounding areas. These vegetation managements generate high costs, both in the construction and operational phases of the projects. Additionally, the transmission projects must be framed within the times established by the Mining and Energy Planning Unit (UPME) or by private sectors, who limit the times for capturing vegetation information; Therefore, the projects have a single collection of information in the forest censuses and the plant characterizations of the Environmental Impact Studies and LIDAR information. With the development of the internship at ISA Intercolombia S.A. E.S.P. It supported the processes of review, purification and consolidation of the forest census databases, which are the basis for the execution of the activities of the biotic management programs and from these databases it sought to strengthen the methodology to the estimation of vegetation growth to achieve forestry exploitation areas and thus design projects more objectively