Análisis de impactos ambientales asociados a la explotación de materiales de construcción de arrastre en la zona media de la cuenca del río Guayuriba

Abstract

This work aims to analyze the environmental impacts associated with the exploitation of drag construction materials in the middle zone of the Guayuriba River basin. The method applied was based on documentary monographic research whose methodology consisted of the characterization of environmental impacts (cause-effect matrix) and assessment thereof (matrix of significance proposed by Vicente Conesa). Seventeen (17) environmental impacts associated with adequacy, construction and assembly, start-up, transportation and storage and closure and abandonment were identified. Four impact categories were determined to comprise values between twenty-seven (27) and sixty-five (65) points represented in negative moderates, moderate positive, severe negative, and severe positive. Taking into account the classification of the environmental impacts identified in this research it is concluded that it is necessary to implement alternatives of lower impact that lead to mining as an environmentally conscious practice that allows development local, regional and national resources through the rational use of natural resources.