Abstract (en):
Along the vertical gradients from the Xeridas plateau to the canyons of the lower Chicamocha and the upper Sogamoso rivers, three landscapes are identified: high plateau, hanging valleys and canyon, corresponding to socio-ecosystemic scenarios. Physical environment, vegetation and degree of alteration of the systems that conform these landscapes are described. The history of disturbance from prehispanic to present times and the resulting patterns of ecological change point to a sequence of different means of transformation that overlap historically in this system, and that can be interpreted as a stratified landscape with a trend of degradation that continues today. The restoration model is constructed at three scales, macro, mid and micro: landscape, micro-drainages, and individual properties. The objective is to introduce at each scale a regenerative trajectory aiming to restore a dynamic equilibrium between the components of conservation, regeneration, production and shelter articulated along vertical corridors of the canyons and oriented by fair water use and conservation by highlands and lowlands.
Abstract (es):
En el gradiente vertical del altiplano de Xéridas a los cañones del bajo Chicamocha y el alto Sogamoso se
identifican tres paisajes: altiplano, valles colgantes y cañón, correspondientes a escenarios socioecosistémicos.
Se realiza una caracterización del medio físico, la vegetación y los sistemas de alteridad que conforman dichos
escenarios. La revisión de la historia de alteración del período prehispánico a hoy y los patrones de alteración
resultantes, indican diferentes formas de alteración que se superponen históricamente en un sistema que puede
leerse como un paisaje estratificado con una trayectoria degradativa que continúa en el presente. El modelo de
restauración para el área de estudio se construye en tres escalas, macro, media y micro: paisaje, microcuencas,
predios. Se persigue introducir en cada escala una trayectoria regenerativa que apunta al equilibrio dinámico
entre compartimentos de conservación, regeneración, producción y habitación, articulados en torno a los
corredores verticales de las cañadas y orientada por la justicia en el uso y la conservación del agua entre tierras
altas y bajas.
Keywords:
Bosque seco tropical. Chicamocha. Corredor ecológico vertical. Herramientas de paisaje. (es)
Chicamocha, Ecological restoration, Landscape tools, Tropical dry forest, Vertical ecological corridor (en)
Chicamocha, Ecological restoration, Landscape tools, Tropical dry forest, Vertical ecological corridor (en)
How to Cite
Camargo-Ponce de León, G., & Agudelo-Álvarez, L. G. (2017). Reading a stratified landscape: restoration proposal based on the multi-scale ordination of the canebrakes at Mesa de Xéridas, Santander, Colombia. Biota Colombiana, 18(1 Sup), 35–59. https://doi.org/10.21068/c2017.v18s01a02
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