Gestión comunitaria del páramo y protección de las fuentes de agua del “Comité de Páramos Ñucanchik Urku” parroquia Cangahua

Abstract

The objective of this work was to systematize the participation of communities and their management in the care of the paramo and protection of water sources in the Cangahua parish, Cayambe canton, Pichincha province, due to its ecological importance, however, at present these areas are affected by the growth of the populations, generating that the communities organize to protect these resources, in this context, for the systematization the methodology proposed by Jara (2012) was used, which is made up of 5 moments The point of departure, initial questions, recovery of the lived process, deep reflection: why did what happened happen? and the arrival points, for the collection of information, a survey was applied to 231 individuals who are part of the communities that make up the Paramo Ñucanchik Urku Committee of the Cangahua Parish and interviews to the members of the Paramo Ñucanchik Urku Committee of the Cangahua Parish. Obtaining as a result that the páramo is exposed to a process of ecological degradation, for which it is necessary to implement an Environmental Management Plan, for which it is necessary to have the support of the communities through community organization and joint participation of the social actors in order to promote a sustained management of their natural, social, cultural and economic resources, which contribute to the improvement of the living conditions of rural families, and ensure the availability of water for future generations.