A technological tool to plan development in mountainous areas will be provided

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Proporcionarán herramienta tecnológica para planificar el desarrollo en zonas montañosas

The governments of Popular Power in the municipalities of Florencia and Chambas will have a new technological tool to project progress in mountainous areas, upon delivery of the connectivity management plans belonging to the Bamburanao Special Region for Sustainable Development (REDS).

Freddy Morales Ruitiña, technical coordinator of the international project Connecting Landscapes, pointed out that in the second half of this year the proposal will be presented to local authorities for approval, with the certainty that it will facilitate planning and decision-making based on development.

The urban settlement of Florencia and the rural area Rincón de Mabuya, in the town of Chambas, both in the province of Ciego de Ávila, constitute pilot projects for studies aimed at planning development for the year 2030, he stressed.

Proporcionarán herramienta tecnológica para planificar el desarrollo en zonas montañosas

Only in the territory are investigations carried out at the community level, with a more detailed cartography (scale 1:10,000) that increases the categories of spatial units; meanwhile, in the remaining REDS of the nation (Guaniguanico, Guamuhaya and Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa) a ratio of 1:50,000 was used.

In the case of Florencia, a link was established with the landscape units (heights and plains) to define environmental policies and make recommendations aimed at the sustainable management of the areas, to guarantee an increase in the standard of living of around 10 thousand inhabitants.

Proporcionarán herramienta tecnológica para planificar el desarrollo en zonas montañosas

The purpose is to promote the goods and services of biological biodiversity, which includes the increase in water quality, the reduction of excessive runoff due to the lack of vegetation -both on the slope and in the green areas of the settlement- and improvements to the ravine that runs through the town, he said.

Meanwhile, in Rincón de Mabuya, a settlement with a dispersed population and agricultural production as a fundamental economic activity, the plan suggests actions aimed at improving connectivity within the area to improve soil conditions and water availability.

The proposals are based on the use of agro-ecological practices that favor the inhabitants of the place and the connection of the landscape, so that the natural processes themselves contribute to the distribution of the species, through animals, wind or water.

Proporcionarán herramienta tecnológica para planificar el desarrollo en zonas montañosas

He emphasized that it is necessary to promote silvopastoralism (agroforestry practice designed and managed for the production of trees, timber products, fodder and livestock), through the use of living fences with native species that protect the soil and favor the growth of grasses by regulating temperature. and humidity in the area.

In addition, the use of renewable energy sources is projected, fundamentally solar panels, to supply energy to the water pumping equipment and the creation of other sources of supply for the consumption of the community and agricultural activities in some 63 farms.

Proporcionarán herramienta tecnológica para planificar el desarrollo en zonas montañosas

Daniel Joel González Jiménez, director of the Cadastre in Ciego de Ávila, pointed out that the studies of these areas contain information on real estate: location, surface, boundaries with their measurements, use, value, personal data of the owners and other physical circumstances, economic and legal.

He stated that in Rincón de Mabuya a community planning was carried out, consisting of a complete and complex geographic study of the entire area to verify how it can contribute to progress.

This allowed to determine conflicts and propose alternatives that help the balance between nature and society, he added.

González Jiménez said that environmental and social problems that affect the population were identified in the territory of Florencia, from which they proposed solutions with a landscape approach, aimed at maintaining connectivity from mountainous areas to coastal ecosystems.

Proporcionarán herramienta tecnológica para planificar el desarrollo en zonas montañosas

He reiterated that the plan constitutes a useful and facilitating tool for the management of local governments for decision-making aimed at promoting sustainable development, through the efficient management of existing resources in the areas.

In addition to areas corresponding to Florencia and Chambas, the REDS Bamburanao includes areas of the territory of Yaguajay, in the province of Sancti Spíritus; and localities located in the mountains of the Villa Clara municipalities of Caibarién and Remedios, whose administrations will also have connectivity management plans.