The sociological and environmental impact produced by the cattle production system established in the Colombian Amazonia

摘要

The objective of this work is the evaluation of the sociological and environmental impact that the cattle system current of double purpose established in the Colombian Amazonia because of the number of persons that depend economically on that resource, used labor, production objective and school level of the proprietary; as well as the effect produced on the use of the soil, the protection of the sources of water, the conservation of the forest, the fuel wood consumption, the loss of biodiversity andother aspects detected in the characterization stage. The indicators selected were the following: Indicative of the property: where it was included, the name of the proprietary, the location of the property, the approximate extension, the prevailing topography, the number and type of animals.