Los servicios ecosistémicos de humedales en la ruta de la planificación ambiental: estudio de caso Puerto López, Meta (1989 – 2018)

Abstract

This research analysed the importance of the wetlands of Puerto López as providers of ecosystem services, which contribute to the sustainability of the territory, in a context of environmental planning. The environmental crisis facing the planet today at all scales, shows that environmental deterioration is increasing, development models do not consider ecosystems as a source of life, providers of ecosystem services, the methodological strategy considered: the theoretical review, which allowed arguing the importance of wetland ecosystems as providers of ecosystem services, for the sustainability of the territory; the diagnosis, as an approach to quantify and qualify the state of wetlands in the municipality and its ecosystem services; the valuation of ecosystem services, in a cost-benefit relationship for the population and its governors; and finally, the correlation of results, which allowed identifying the route of inclusion of wetlands and their ecosystem services in the territorial environmental planning process of the municipality. The results obtained indicate that the gaps in information about the supply of ecosystem services of wetlands and their importance for the sustainability of the territory in the municipality of Puerto Lopez Meta contribute to the vulnerability of these ecosystems, leading to conflicts, pressures and the loss of these.