Pérdida de bosque en la parroquia Palmales por la expansión de la frontera agrícola en el periodo 2008 a 2018

Abstract

The importance of forest resources or forests is given by the contribution to the environment by being the lungs of the planet, in addition to being the habitat for wildlife, they act as carbon sinks, continue the water cycle, control soil erosion and they regulate the temperatures of cities, so the role of forests cannot be underestimated. Despite their undeniable importance, forests are constantly disappearing from the face of the earth, through deforestation either for the sale of wood, urban growth, increase in agricultural land, to the detriment of communities and society in general. Situation that would be happening in the Palmales parish, which through a study has been able to verify the reduction of its forest resources, so it was proposed as a general objective to identify the changes in land use in the Palmales parish through the use of the system of geographic information in the period 2008 - 2018 in order to propose a tool for the conservation of biodiversity. The study was of a descriptive type with a qualitative approach, information that served to elaborate a proposal for the conservation of its biodiversity.