Estudio de impacto ambiental del Río Quijos (Tramo Barrio Guagrayacu - el barrio Jardines del Valle) en la parroquia Baeza, cantón Quijos, provincia de Napo.

Abstract

The current investigation proposes to make an investigation about the environmental impact of the Quijos river on the territory that includes Guagrayacu and Jardines del Valle neighborhoods, in Baeza parish, Quijos canton in the Napo province. The purpose of this investigation was to find the problem, as well as the solutions in order to prevent, control, mitigate and compensate the effects provoked in the study zone, aiming to protect the ecological values. Using primary and secondary sources, an environmental diagnosis of the Quijos river was made. This diagnosis helped to describe the reality of the parish and its current situation at the moment of making the environmental research. The fallowing features were taken into consideration when making this diagnosis: physical – spatial, ecological- territorial, socio- cultural, economic- productive and political- administrative. Then, the matrix of Lázaro Lagos was made, which allowed to identify and a evaluate the environmental impacts that are generated within the study zone. These impacts are provoked by the anthropic activity which have a direct influence in the river. Considering an analysis of the Lázaro Lagos matrix, a proposal of environmental management measures was elaborated. This proposal will be socialized and prioritized by the population. To deal with the effects that are included in the state of alert some strategies were implemented to prevent, mitigate, control and compensate the current situation of that territory. The objective is to reduce the level of the impacts provoked by the anthropic activities in the river and that way maintain the environmental quality and the ecological balance. Key words: ˂ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT˃, ˂ANTHROPIC ACTIVITIES˃, ˂ECOLOGICAL BALANCE˃, ˂WATER SOURCES˃