Impacto económico y social de la resolución no. 1771 del 28 de octubre 2016 (delimitación de páramos) del Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible en la población del municipio de Aquitania

Abstract

The problem of the delimitation of paramos affects the families that carry out agricultural and livestock activities in these lands. Even though, the reason to be of this type of delimitations is the intention from the government to seeks the conservation of the paramos and the environment, the reality is that the application of the resolution in question brought with it several inconveniences to be solved, since those families that for decades develop their main economic activities there are affected by the regulations. In its majority, this population sector is made up of the peasants and inhabitants of the region, for whom agriculture and livestock are the only livelihood activities they know and which, in turn, depends on the livelihood of several families.