Plan de manejo comunitario para la conservación del páramo de la asociación de trabajadores autónomos Atapo Quichalán, parroquia Palmira, cantón Guamote, provincia de Chimborazo.

Abstract

In the present research was developed the community management plan for moorland conservation of the Association of autonomous Atapo Quichalán, Palmira parish, Guamote canton, Chimborazo province, with the purpose of protecting natural and hydraulic resources existing in this sector. The research used to collect data was the surveys which were applied to 49 inhabitants of the community, dialogue with local leaders and observation in the field to identify the climate, types of crops, flora and fauna existing in the moorland. One of the symptoms of degradation is the loss of the original flora and fauna, which causes the destruction of de existing elements such as soils, water and the characteristics of the landscape. Other factors for the destruction of de ecosystems are the extension of the agricultural frontier and the inadequate management of the soils, due to the cultivation on slopes, causing soil erosion during the agricultural tillage or when the rain and wind appear with force. The proposal of the community management plan will allow to prevent, control and mitigate the negative impacts caused by the inhabitants of the community Atapo Quichalán, to establish projects aimed at conserving the existing natural resources, the use of the moorlands must be in a sustainable way to promote the appropriate use of resource that generate these natural systems to society.