Análisis de los elementos de biodiversidad y conservación presentes de los Planes de Ordenamiento Territorial de los cantones de la provincia de El Oro, Ecuador

Abstract

Abstract: Land Management Plans (PDOT) are essential tools for the planning and management of a territory, which aim to coordinate strategic development decisions related to the management of natural resources, however, these decisions can be affected if the information found in these documents is incorrect, not updated or lacks information based on scientific foundations. The present work was oriented to make an exhaustive analysis of the cantonal PDOTs of the province of El Oro, specifically in the topics of biodiversity and conservation. For this purpose, a protocol was designed for the compilation of information, which allowed the identification of several deficiencies within these documents, among them, the incomplete information on lists of flora, fauna and their geographic distribution, the lack of updating with respect to ecosystems, the absence of specificity in the topic of protected areas, and the lack of citations and bibliographic references to support the information presented. Based on these observations, guidelines are proposed to solve these problems.