Estudio del impacto ambiental por la plantación de palma aceitera Pedro Carbo, ubicada en la parroquia Daule - cantón Muisne - provincia de Esmeraldas, primer semestre del 2013

Abstract

The research conducted for the development of this thesis was in the Pedro Carbo plantation located in the province of Esmeraldas, Muisne canton, Daule parish, Pedro Carbo sector, dedicated to the monoculture of oil palm. The objective is to know the environmental impacts, both positive and negative, produced by this activity and in this way take care of the resources provided by nature for our daily development and also allows us to comply with the law enacted by the Ministry of Environment. For this purpose, a descriptive type of research was used, which allowed us to know the current situation where the plantation is established, understanding its abiotic, biotic and socio-economic components, using bibliography of studies carried out previously, as well as interviews to the workers, owner of the plantation and inhabitants of the sector so that in this way the course of the present research is excellent. The derivations of the investigation are the following once the Lepold Matrix and its methodology are deployed: during the operation activities of the Pedro Carbo plantation there are beneficial impacts represented by 69 cause-effect interactions equivalent to 40.8 %, slight impacts with 96 cause-effect interactions representing 56.8 %, moderate impacts with 2 cause-effect interactions equivalent to 1.2 % and critical impacts with 2 cause-effect interactions equivalent to 1.2 %. It was concluded that the activities of the Pedo Carbo plantation do not produce severe impacts on the environment, which means that all the impacts identified are remediable and can be corrected through an Environmental Management Plan. It is recommended that good environmental practices be established to mitigate the aforementioned environmental impacts produced by this activity, thus initiating the change to achieve a better planet Earth.