Organised Editing/Activities/Sinu River Low Basin Colombia
Rationale
Colombian State characterizes it as one of the most fertile areas of the country, with a strategic location as a regional supplier of "traditional crops". Likewise, the Bajo Sinú is highlighted by the institutions because of its potential and real offer of ecotourism, heritage and architectural services. Simultaneously, multiple human activities has been allowed, affecting in different ways the ecosystem such as, drying, extensive and transhumant cattle ranching, agroindustrial crops. This interventions compete with traditional peasant productive activities as craft phising, low impact crops for food security, and others. In addition, the "Urrá I" hydroelectric project disrupted the hydrological dynamics of the entire basin since 2000.
The communities and grassroots organizations present in this ecosystem have different organizational processes, one of which is the "Movimiento Social el Agua Contando Historias", which aims for the reappropriation of the commons in the Ciénega Grande del Bajo Sinú as a central element for the persistence of the amphibian culture.
We call for volunteers interested in giving support to community efforts for the construction of proposals and plans for the sustainable management of the ecosystem, which at the same time allows maintaining the livelihoods of the families that inhabit this territory. To achieve this, one of the most important tools is the community-based cartography, with which it will be possible to obtain a base map that can be used for multiple purposes in the environmental, socio-productive and participatory management of the territory.
The community mapping tasks are part of a capacity building process being carried out by the "Movimiento Social el Agua Contando Historias", made up of grassroots organizations and communities of the Ciénaga as a strategy to defend the territory.
Contact
Coordinacion general:
- Daneris Herrera Maestra. Coordinador del Movimiento Social el Agua Contando Historias.
Equipo técnico de apoyo de la Comunidad OSM:
OMNIBUS (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.) - Luis Miguel Sánchez Zoque.- AngocA (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.) - Andres Gomez.
- YOUR NAME HERE
Community consultation
This organized activity has been socialized through these ways:
- An online event made with YouthMappers Colombia and recorded, shared with Telegram OSM Colombia Channel
- It was mentioned at the Latam Coordination meeting on January 2023
- A Wiki page was created at: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Colombia/Project-Cienaga-Grande-Bajo-Sinu
- A Community Forum thread has been created at: https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/complejo-cenagoso-del-bajo-sinu-caso-de-uso-para-crear-una-guia-de-mapeo-de-humedales/98396
- A HOTOSM Task was created to help organized mapping at: https://tasks.hotosm.org/projects/13935
- At the creation of this organized mapping page it will be socialized at Mailling list and Telegram Channel
- It has been proposed to the HOTOSM HubLatam and with the Community Working Group as part of the participation as mentees at the 2023 HOT OSM Mentoring Program
Hashtag
- #Aguacontandohistorias
- #CulturaAnfibia
Timeframe
This Project has been tested since March 2023 and will be held until end of 2023
Tools and data sources
- Tarea en servidor HOTOSM: https://tasks.hotosm.org/projects/13935
- Field photographs with Mapillary: There are photographs taken in the field with Mapillary between 2018 and 2019. Work will continue on the registration of photographs with free software tools that provide the best conditions for open access to published data, for example, OpenStreetCam.
- WMS Layers: https://mapas.redhumus.org/geoserver
- Geonode: https://mapas.redhumus.org/geonode
Participants
- OMNIBUS (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.) - Luis Miguel Sánchez Zoque.
- AngocA (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.) - Andres Gomez.
- YOUR NAME HERE
Measuring our success
For now, the only measuring tool is the HOTOSM Task
Training/instructions
- A guidelines document for mapping water bodies and swaps will be created and tested as a result of this case use mapping project under the Community Mentoring Program 2023
- Basic instructions and discussions are published at the Community Forum: https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/complejo-cenagoso-del-bajo-sinu-caso-de-uso-para-crear-una-guia-de-mapeo-de-humedales/98396
Post-event clean-up
For now, the only way to validate mapping is through the HOTOSM Tasking Manager
Results
- A monthly meeting will be held, and a presentation at Latam coordination meeting will be proposed to socialize advances.
- A blog entry will be created following the first created at: https://blog.okfn.org/2023/03/30/odd2023-stories-mexico/