Quantification of the resources used by the public and private sector to mitigate the damaged caused by forest fires in the city of Ibagué Tolima Colombia

Abstract

The present paper displays the quantity of resources that have been utilized by the public and private sector in order to mitigate the impacts in terms of social and environmental facts wich have been generated for forest fires in the Ibagué Tolima Colombia. Within the metodological construct it´s a descriptive research, where the variables object of study determined by the authors are: causes, consequences of the forest fires and the assumed costs for the public administration, as well as private entities in order to mitigate the impacts in terms of social and enviromental facts generated for those forest fires. As conclusion, was identified that most of the forest fires in the city of Ibagué where accused by anthropic situations, which can be inferred that there is a weak in term of inveromental conscious in people living and visiting the affected areas, as well as the relation between danage caused and corrective actions, is not enough to mitigate specifically the damage caused, especially in terms of flora and fauna.