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Drought crisis in Casanare, Colombia

by | 27-03-2014 08:38










There are several variables that can be defined with Drought in Casanare, the area is in a variety of Livestock and Multinational Oil , is to take into account not rained since December 2013, and temperatures occur between 45 and 45 ?C , which has killed more than 20,000 animals, there 's hypothesis that the excessive use of water in agriculture has generated soil erosion, the impact of climate change , and exploration in the plains of Casanare by oil , Segun stated by the Prosecutor for environmental issues in Colombia , Oscar Dario Amaya : "" There is no doubt that the oil industry is the most aggressive with the environment and what is happening in Casanare is a sum of different factors associated with man and climate change , so we want to establish whether there are omissions of public officials in the adoption of measures to curb the negative ecosystem impacts, " which explains that there is a lack of control over environmental licenses proffered these oil companies turn deforestation by livestock have decreased flows in the Orinoco ...
Possible solutions is to control more livestock and oil activities , as well as the proper use of water , experts seek to protect and declare wetlands "areas of strict environmental protection " ( recalling that the role of wetlands is to prevent flooding in times of heavy rainfall and return the water in times of drought ), as is currently living

There is a plan to mitigate the environmental impact on the region of the oil sector casanare
The assistance provided by the Oil Sector , will be coordinated with the Governor of Casanare Marco Tulio Ruiz , Mayor Peace Ariporo Edgar Bejarano, the Presidential Advisor for the Regions David Luna and national government authorities , funding will be made by Pacific Rubiales and consists of the following steps:

- The provision of 100 trips daily truck tanks with a total capacity of 320,000 gallons.

- The provision of 20 additional trips per day , so that once the water carried Ariporo Peace , can be distributed in different reservoirs jagueyes and the municipality where the animals are located.
- The provision of 3 flexible storage tanks, 2 tanks of 5,000 gallons and 20,000 gallons 1 may make the operation sustainable

- The arrangement of 2 teams for drilling deep wells, which will be held in the affected areas in the town of Peace Ariporo .

He machinery and equipment ( 2 backhoes and a bulldozer ) for the construction of two ( 2 ) additional water reservoirs at critical sites provide emergency .

- Creating an Emergency Fund for food, medicines, supplies, heavy yellow to transport the bodies of animals that have been willing to city water plant .
 
THE BIG QUESTION IS THE OIL HELPS MANY DO WHAT DEGREE OF RESPONSIBILITY IS THE OIL ?