Enfoque ecológico de desarrollo sustentable para la actividad minera en la parroquia Torata

Abstract

Small mining in Ecuador is represented by mining projects whose production is low, and uses rudimentary techniques and methods at the time of recovery of the desired mineral, in this context artisanal mining enters. This work was carried out at the El Guayabo site, Torata parish, Santa Rosa canton, a sector in which artisanal mining is carried out legally and illegally, which has resulted in the generation of environmental impacts due to technical deficiencies. in the mining processes, for which an environmental impact assessment was implemented towards the mining activity in the area, using the methodology proposed by Conesa, the importance matrix, establishing the impacts with greater negative relevance, proposing the execution of complementary methods that allow the improvement of the management of the activity. The environmental evaluation was carried out under a mixed research approach, obtaining information through the bibliographic review, and the evaluation of criteria stipulated in Conesa, allowing to clarify the importance value of the negative environmental impacts that occur in the area, which would be part of the pressure of environmental factors, and the current state in which it is, for which environmental measures are stipulated focused on sustainable development in the mining processes that take place at the El Guayabo site.