Diagnóstico de las causas de Deforestación en el Municipio de Bajo Baudo en el año 2018

Abstract

This study addresses a diagnosis of the causes of deforestation in the municipality of Bajo Baudo during 2018, it should be noted that this municipality is located on the Pacific coast of the department of Chocó and most of its population is afrodescendant, in which there are large extensions of forest and wildlife. However, in this town there are activities that attack the environment such as illegal mining, hunting endangered animals and cutting down trees, the latter being the subject of this investigation. It is worth noting that large areas of arid land may already be observed given the increase in extractive wood activities whose main purpose is commercial, so that certain animal and plant population species have decreased considerably. Therefore, under an explanatory methodology, the deductive method was used to clarify from a theoretical point of view the comparisons and factors that helped to design a questionnaire as a data collection instrument. In this sense, it was possible to identify some incidental factors in this problem, such as the lack of knowledge part of the population about the consequences of such practices, the lack of social investment from national government, poverty, the high rate of unemployment and weak law enforcement from environmental authorities. The negative impact on the environment could be determined by assessment on the risk extinction for some animal and plant species the soil erosion and decrease in oxygen production among others.