ECOSYSTEM SERVICES OF THE GUINEAL RIVER OF THE NOBOA PARISH

SERVICIOS ECOSISTÉMICOS DEL RÍO GUINEAL

Abstract

The Guineal river is located in the Noboa parish of the canton 24 de Mayo, province of ManabÍ­. In this context, the present investigation is carried out in order to know the ecosystem services of the Guineal de Noboa river, the same one that crosses zone 2 (RÍ­o Platano, RÍ­o Chico), zone 4 (Porvenir) and zone 6 (San Jacinto, La Mocorita and Zapan) these areas are directly benefited by the tributary. The methods used were qualitative, analytical and direct deductive based on logic and information from research carried out with the aim of understanding the importance of ecosystem services. These allowed us to find the following results according to the data of the INEC 2010 census show that the water supply grew by 7.52% in a period of 9 years, at the same time the number of people accessing the water resource increased across the river Other data found in the PDOT 2015 of the Noboa Parish, denote a population growth in recent years with a percentage of 3.94% justifying the previous data. The ecosystem services of the basin are of great value to society, such as the supply of drinking water, soil erosion control, wildlife habitat and aquatic recreation. It should be noted that the study was also related to the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) which seek to improve the quality of life of citizens and the environment that surrounds them, the objectives that are most related to the ecosystem services of the river were the objective 6 (Drinking water and Sanitation), objective 14 (Underwater life) and objective 15 (Flora and terrestrial fauna).