Percepción de los principales actores involucrados sobre el manejo, calidad y cantidad de agua de la microcuenca estero Zhucay, provincia de Cañar

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Abstract:The objective of this study was to know the perceptions of the actors involved in the management, quantity and quality of water resources in the Zhucay estuary micro-watershed. HE interviewed institutional and social actors, a characterization study of the micro-basin based on primary and secondary sources and the use of GIS, determining that It is a young micro-basin, with a balanced development, with aptitudes for the conservation, forestry and agricultural production. Their socioeconomic system has allowed position it as a national benchmark in the production of cocoa nurseries. However, this has caused the exploitation of the land, the advance of the agricultural frontier, felling and contamination of water resources, for which the formation of a a micro-basin council that works as a link for coordination between the actors for good water management. The development of a conservation ordinance was proposed of Special Protection Areas and a monitoring and surveillance system that collects information on the biotic and abiotic factors of the micro-watershed.