Establecimiento de estrategias para el manejo de riberas en cuencas andinas

Abstract

Abstract:Riparian areas intervene as buffer systems to reduce and reduce the entry of pollutants into water bodies that are generated by different human activities. In this study, an evaluation was made of the quality of the riparian vegetation (QBR-Andes) and the fluvial habitat (IHF) of 19 streams of La Hoya de Loja that present a different degree of disturbance (Bosque-Pastizal-Urbano). In addition, a bibliographic review was developed on different riverbank management strategies, culminating with the implementation of a protocol for the selection of management strategies based on the type of disturbance that the banks present. It was obtained that the streams present in the forest areas have a better quality of riverbank and fluvial habitat than those streams that cross pasture and urban areas. We identify 9 strategies that can be used in our environment, some with more difficulty than others due to their implementation cost.