Design of biological corridors in the Tesorito and Presidio micro-basins of the Los Cerezos technological citadel, located in Manizales Caldas

Abstract

This project is focused on the design of the connectivity of the biological corridors of the micro-basins, Tesorito and Presidió, a buffer zone of the forest near the industrial zone which, due to anthropogenic obstructions, degrades the soils and affects hydrological cycles, generating consequences for the flora and
fauna of this sector. When analyzing the area, the cherry trees of the SENA Regional Caldas, a variety of environmental impacts that, although silent or not harmful, over time are irreparable and harmful to the exposed livelihood. The creation of strategies for mitigation and recovery of vegetation in biological corridors will help to minimize environmental impacts. Industry with industrial waste dumping added to noise pollution present have and are silently affecting the ecosystem. The present geographical features, the bad course of the livestock activity on slopes, the continuous rainfall because of the climate generate landslides, which carry fragments of infrastructure and a diversity of pollutants to deep within soils and water sources. The destruction of
vegetation mostly trees, for industry purposes, the burning of forests and their indiscriminate felling for the construction of infrastructure contributing to the development of the population, they have contributed to an environmental imbalance.