Propuesta de conservación del páramo de la Comunidad Pichán Central, Parroquia San Isidro, Cantón Guano 2015

Abstract

A proposal for the conservation of the Moorland of Igualata administered by Pichán Central Community according to analyses performed to natural resources was made: climate, soil, flora and water. The meteorological conditions of the moorland were evaluated with its portable station during the period of research (09/01/2015 to 03/12/2015), Walkley-Black colorimetric method was used in the calculation of the percentage of organic carbon in soil and biomass, cylinder method for the determination of the apparent density of the soil, Gloria method in the estimation of the density of flora and the indexes of water quality applied the norm INEN 1108 and TULSMA, Book 6, annex 1, table 2. The meteorological conditions averages were: wind speed 1,7 kt, temperature: 11,8 ºC, humidity 100 %, dewpoint -34 ºC, barometric pressure 624,5 hPa and altitude of 3895,5 ft. The averages for the percentage of organic carbon: straw 28 %, pad 39 %, soil 1 (0-0,7 m in depth) 19 % and soil 2 (0,7-1,2 m in depth), 14 %. The apparent density of the soil changes of 1,01 g/cm 3 to 1,24 g/cm 3 . 26 floral species were identified, 13 representative of the moorland, with a density of 5,73 species per m xx

2 . The water is within the permissible limits for consumption and recreational use. The survey carried out to the community and the diagnosis of strengths, opportunities, weaknesses and threats allowed perform conservation proposal raising 4 specific objectives: strengthening the organizational base, decrease of the processes that alter, degrade and destroy to the moorland, reduction in the levels pollution in the ecosystem, encourage and promote the environmental care with a sustainable management, each of them with activities and strategies that will allow contributions to conservation of this ecosystem and their mitigation measures in the climate change.