Un claro ejemplo de la necesidad de indicadores de calidad

Un claro ejemplo de la necesidad de indicadores de calidad, tanto edáfica como del
ecosistema en su conjunto, se puede encontrar en el actual sistema de
compensaciones utilizado para disminuir los efectos de la destrucción de un
ecosistema por actividades mineras relacionadas a la extracción de materiales de
empréstito (ejm., rocas). La extracción de estos materiales, no solo implica la
extracción de la cubierta vegetal, sino también de todo el material edáfico
preexistente. No obstante, las compensaciones consideran el monitoreo de las
labores de forestación (prendimiento, crecimiento de la vegetación) en un periodo
limitado de tiempo, no existiendo indicadores para el suelo, incluyendo los
relacionados a cantidad y calidad del C almacenado. Esto implica que el recurso
menos renovable, el suelo, sigue de manera continua en un proceso degradativo,
muy difícil de revertir.
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