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Río Ranchería: entre la economía, la biodiversidad y la cultura

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  • Andrea Otero

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El río Ranchería, en su recorrido desde la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta hasta su desembocadura en el Mar Caribe, pasa por nueve de los quince municipios del departamento de La Guajira. La importancia del río no solo está asociada a su explotación directa, sino también por su tarea como agente regulador de los ecosistemas que existen a lo largo de su cuenca y por su función como canal de irrigación de los suelos. Adicionalmente, el río posee un inmenso valor cultural para las comunidades indígenas del departamento. El principal proyecto de inversión pública de La Guajira depende del río. La construcción de la represa El Cercado, en el sur del departamento, es parte de un ambicioso proyecto de reactivación de la economía de la región. A la fecha se han invertido más de $650.000 millones en obras de infraestructura. Sin embargo, aún no se pueden ver los resultados de dicha inversión porque el proyecto no está terminado. ******ABSTRACT: The Ranchería river covers nine out of fifteen municipalities of the department of La Guajira, in its path from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta to its mouth in the Caribbean Sea. The main function of the river is not only its direct exploitation, but also its role as a regulating agent of the ecosystems that exist along the river basin and for its role as channel for irrigation. Additionally, the river represents a great cultural value to the indigenous communities that inhabit in the department. The most important public project of La Guajira depends on the river. The construction of the dam El Cercado, in the south of the department, is part of an ambitious economic recovery program of the region. At this date, the national and local governments have invested more than COP$650.000 millions in it. However, you cannot see the results of that investment because the project has not been finished yet and it is not completely working.

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  • Andrea Otero, 2013. "Río Ranchería: entre la economía, la biodiversidad y la cultura," Documentos de Trabajo Sobre Economía Regional y Urbana 11537, Banco de la República, Economía Regional.
  • Handle: RePEc:col:000102:011537
    DOI: 10.32468/dtseru.190
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    1. Gerson Javier Pérez-Valbuena & Alí Miguel Arrieta-Arrieta & José Gregorio Contreras-Anaya, 2015. "Río Cauca: la geografía económica de su área de influencia," Documentos de trabajo sobre Economía Regional y Urbana 225, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.

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    Keywords

    río Ranchería; La Guajira; biodiversidad; represa; minería.;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
    • Q10 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - General
    • Q25 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Water
    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics

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