Variabilidad climática en la planificación hídrica de la cuenca del río Cravo Sur (Casanare, Colombia)

Abstract

The main objective of this research study is to assess the inclusion of natural climate variability into projects of the Hydrographic Basin Planning and Management Program (Plan de Ordenación y Manejo de Cuenca Hidrográfica, POMCA) of the Cravo Sur River basin (Casanare, Colombia) by using the system management evaluation index (IESG, in Spanish). Most projects include climate variability (68.75%), but 31.25% of them need to be reviewed from an integrated water management perspective. The results show that the projects assessed differed on their "specific" activities (18.75%), "follow-up" indicators (81.25%), "preventive" risk (87.50%), and "regional" spatial scale coverage (31.25%). In conclusion, these results serve to better understand Cravo Sur River’s climate, but the projects’ coverage needs to be expanded to improve short, medium, and long-term decisions for future time-varying climate scenarios.