Participación comunitaria para priorizar una problemática ambiental en la vereda La Aguada, Municipio de Yacuanquer, Nariño.

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to prioritize an environmental problem in the community of the village of La Aguada, municipality of Yacuanquer, Nariño, and to suggest a mitigation strategy, this was achieved thanks to the tools of the qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Four research tools approved by the aforementioned methodologies were used: observation, survey, interview and participatory workshops. Thanks to these and according to the objectives of this work, it was possible to obtain as results the following: two lists of the species of flora and fauna that exist in the territory, with their common name, use and importance, the latter only for fauna, likewise, within the workshops, tools such as brainstorming and the problem tree were used, with which the community determined, that the main problem is the inadequate management of solid waste, whose impact is widely observed in soil and water pollution. By defining this situation as the priority and as part of the analysis of the results, an environmental education proposal called Voices and green actions from house to house was structured, which aims to provide the educational and motivational support that to need the community of the village of the Aguada for proper management of solid waste. Finally, it is suggested to the municipal administration of Yacuanquer, to take into account the community participation process developed in this research, the socioeconomic results and the proposed strategy, as tools for future environmental education plans and programs, for which, as highlighted in this work, it is very important to maintain a community approach and a complex vision of the environment.