Diseño de un Jardín Botánico Universitario en áreas de piede-monte llanero: Campus Loma Linda, Universidad Santo Tomas,Villavicencio

• Main Authors: Rodrigo Isaac Velosa Caicedo, Juan ManuelGonzáles Trujillo
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de San Buenaventura 2019-08-01
• Series: Ingenierías USBMed
• Subjects: botanical gardens; biodiversity conservation
• Online Access: https://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IngUSBmed/article/view/4152/3415

Over time, botanical gardens have evolved up to a point inwhich they have become environments of biodiversity conservation. Theirevolution does not only reflect changes in purposes and desires of conservationof local cultures, but also those in the conceptual, methodological and technicalcontributions from various disciplines of knowledge (including changes ofperception in the way of appreciating the natural environment). Universitybotanical gardens are often associated with fragments of natural vegetation ofdifferent sizes, in different stages of ecological succession and within the contextof ecoregions or specific areas of life. They are also linked with the maintenanceof native species (endangered, promising, ornamental, etc.), and the developmentof education, research, and environmental awareness activities. This article is aproduct research conducted at the University of Santo Tomas, Villavicenciocampus, in Meta, Colombia. It was designed to evaluate the ecological andtechnical feasibility of the establishment of an area of a botanical garden in thisinstitution. It aims to share the reflections made on the importance, challengesand major impacts from the botanical gardens as a strategy for conservationof biodiversity, as well as to illustrate the purposes of planning and designingguidelines for a University Botanical Garden in the area of the Los LlanosFoothills