Evaluación Ecológica del Área de la Represa del Acueducto Regional Número 1 del Páramo el Rabanal Municipio de Guachetá, Cundinamarca (Ráquira y Samacá, Boyacá)

Abstract

Nowadays protected areas in Colombia are being intervened because of economic activities which benefit of ecosystems that make it up. The number 1 regional aqueduct is a water source that is born in the high part of the Páramo of Rabanal, benefiting the municipalities Guachetá in Cundinamarca and Ráquira and Samaca in Boyacá. This birth is a major source for the delivery of the activities that take place there are farming, livestock and mining. The purpose of this project was "environmentally assess the area of the dam aqueduct number 1 of the Páramo of rabanal municipality of Guachetá, Cundinamarca." We found that native vegetation coverage are highly fragmented and are mainly mosaics of cultures with areas of stubble impoverished in their floristic composition. The potential offered by the study area mainly include ecosystem services such as the regulation and supply of water resources and biodiversity, which are provided by the components of the Páramo ecosystem. The Affectations and negative repercussions generated by economic activities carried out in the area of páramo and high Andean forest ecosystems are notorious. Mining is a major source of pressure but should also be seen as an opportunity to set in motion a process of sustainable development in the region.