Last Saturday I had the opportunity to visit the wetlands of El Salitre. Had had no reference to its existence thanks to my friend Jorge Escobar, who along with a group of environmental educators have taken it as a defense because of the existence of this place.
The district administration has considered the possibility of building a multi-stage on the grounds that the company currently manages Salitre Magic and the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá.
Studies Bogotá Aqueduct the premises have been designated flood ¨ Zona ¨ But environmentalists are convinced that the place has all the characteristics of what is called a wetland.
I must admit that my knowledge of the subject matter is primary, but my interest is to learn and in that sense we went to see the hand of an environmental educator in search of answers we can illuminate the possibility of supporting a cause that full we believe it is fair to defend.
The defense of water as an essential public service as well as the protection of ecosystems that provide vital resource in my personal agenda.
first images I share some observations. My first impression is that the ecosystem, has many of the characteristics of a wetland. [1]
Jorge told me our environmental educator, which stepped the first debate in the council of Bogotá to declare ¨ ¨ in the Salitre pond as a wetland.
Monjita Bogotana - experts say the Monjita Bogota is not very easy to observe. We were lucky beginner
In the center of the picture shows a set of Aeneas, one of the plant species Tipoca Wetlands
In the foreground can Eneas see some blooming in the back of the buildings of the District J. Vargas. The J. Neighbors Vargas has been one of the actors more interested in defending the existence of wetlands.
Our environmental educator explains how to recognize some of the bird species in the ecosystem.
[1] Wetlands under the Ramsar Convention Ramsar Convention ... "Wetlands are areas of marsh, fen, peatland or water-covered surfaces, be they natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, static or flowing, fresh, brackish or salt, including areas of marine water deeper than six meters low does not exceed six meters. "
