Environmental research

The municipality of Alcala is the fourth section of the Tomina province with an area of 443 Km2, with 727 peasant households. The area is located in an area of transition n both geogr fica as cultural, from the extreme western speaker quechua nor of the Yampara culture to South East English speaker chaque or heights of puna to the Andean sub of the chaco. The core problem identified in the 5 micro basins of intervention n, is the decreasing n the amount of water and the quality of the same, in aspects of the place where they are supplied and distributed through systems or sources. Problem that is increasing or after or to disappear entirely in some cases. [[[[Between the identified causes, est n: 1] low levels of local control for compliance of natural resource management, 2] factors adverse nicosia clim accentuated in the last times, 3] parcelled property of micro basins with a domain and inter s particular, 4] growth of the border agr tail towards generating micro-basins of water, 5] holding of cattle that exceeds the capacity of the ecosystem [, causing an imbalance and 6] decreasing n of vegetative cover, accelerating the evaporaci of escorrent water too. [[[[In the perspective of processes on track to respond adequately to the above-described policy problem the project during its execution apply some cross-cutting approaches: 1] sustainability ecol gica, to] promote the exercise of rights, 3] encourage better standards of nero, 4 g] empower the Organization n and sovereignty food. L intends to organize systems managed by EPSAs which have improved the quality and quantity of water available for human consumption, this way we strengthen n FOSS for the management sustainable resource n water in communities of the municipality of Alcala.

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