Estrategia de mitigación de impactos ambientales generados por la amenaza de incendios forestales en la vereda el Porvenir – Puerto López (Meta)

Abstract

This work is based on the design of a strategy to mitigate impacts and threats generated by forest fires, based on the realization of a zoning of the most susceptible areas and the identification of the environmental impacts generated by the different activities developed in the study zone. For the development of the zoning, the methodology proposed by IDEAM called "Protocol for the realization of maps of zoning of risks to fires of the vegetation cover" was implemented in the village of El Porvenir in the municipality of Puerto López and for the identification of the environmental impacts the matrices of the document called "Manual of evaluation of environmental impacts of projects, works or activities" were taken. The results indicate in the first place that the study area is at a High / Medium level of fire risk due to the vegetation cover present, the climatic factors and the activities carried out there, it was also found by using the matrices, that the activity that generates the greatest impacts on the components is controlled burning, leaving great effects such as erosion and loss of vegetation cover. Finally, it was found that the designed strategy represents an efficient and exact tool for this case, because it integrates the knowledge of both the person who develops the workshop and the social actors in order to generate an action plan to mitigate impacts and threats. and additionally reduce the level of risk in the area.