Declaratoria del Área de Protección Hídrica en el territorio del Pueblo Kayambi.

Abstract

In the midst of a global context of climate change originated by a capitalist society that has no respect for nature and that overexploits its resources, there are indigenous peoples that offer sustainable alternatives, since from their worldview they have generated a deep respect for nature and life, so they care to protect and preserve it. Based on this concern, a mechanism for the protection of water sources has been developed, which has legality recognized from the State and was developed by the indigenous communities of the north of the province of Pichincha in Ecuador, these communities belong to the Kayambi People and propose the Declaration of Water Protection, which is the subject of interest of the present work of systematization of experiences. The systematization of this experience aims to register the process of the declaration of water protection in the territory of the Kayambi people, to carry out this process the existing documentation was reviewed and interviews were carried out with the main actors involved. At the end of the work, the socialization and feedback of the results obtained were carried out, from which the main milestones were derived as: origin of the idea, construction of the declaration, minga for the technical and legal analysis of the declaration, the organization and approval From the declaration, and finally the execution of the declaration, with all these results, it was concluded that community water management, although in diapers, can be a type of sustainable management that responds to the true interests and needs of citizens , while helping to maintain indigenous values and customs of indigenous communities.