Why the Wetlands of Puerto Viejo did loses its legal protection: analyzing the motives

Puerto Viejo wetlands is a coastal marine ecosystem southern of Lima. Since 2008, this wetlands was protected by the Peruvian State and declared a Wetland Reserved Zone of Puerto Viejo, a transitory category provided by SINANPE (Sistema Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado). In April...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Ramirez, Dámaso W., Aponte, Héctor
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2018
Country:Perú
Institution:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repository:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/14349
Online Access:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/view/14349
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Wetlands
conservation
Peruvian coastal desert
protected natural areas
legal reserve area.
Humedal
conservación
desierto costero peruano
Áreas Naturales Protegidas
Zona Reservada
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Summary:Puerto Viejo wetlands is a coastal marine ecosystem southern of Lima. Since 2008, this wetlands was protected by the Peruvian State and declared a Wetland Reserved Zone of Puerto Viejo, a transitory category provided by SINANPE (Sistema Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado). In April 2017, a Ministerial Resolution did reversal [desafectación] the transitory protection of Puerto Viejo Wetlands, losing the category of Reserved Zone and being legally unprotected. The present work analyzes and discusses the technical criteria for the reversal (representativeness, efficiency, consistency, connectivity, equilibrium, complementarity and external coherence) that were applied to Puerto Viejo Wetland.