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MORENO G., Jaime Alberto  e  USSA G., Jaime Eddy. Economic valuation of environmental liabilities, case report: liabilities from Cicuco-Boquete oil field, Mompos-Colombia. Colomb. for. [online]. 2008, vol.11, n.1, pp.93-111. ISSN 0120-0739.

Environmental management demands the incorporation of economic tools to make decisions. One crucial aspect is to establish the compensation values demandable under parameters of acceptable rationality considering at the same time the sistemic and complexicity teory of ecosystemic relationships and transmission of impacts, where the definition of environmental passive is configured. This study intended to establish the value of the damage caused in time to human populations established in the influence area of the Cicuco-Boquete oil extraction field, located in Mompós island, department of Bolívar, Colombia. The research included developing and applying a methodology to appraise the value of damages derived from oil extraction activities on the fish production potential on the nearby area. Environmental changes on hidric resources directly impacted the area's fishing potential; consequently, there was an irreversible diminishing on the main productive activity of the region's inhabitants. The study was carried out from May to December 1999 by request of the Procuraduría Delegada para Asuntos Agrarios y Ambientales and the municipalities of Talaiga Nuevo and Cicuco in Bolívar's Department, with the participation of the Departamento Nacional de Planeacion -DNP- and the Contraloría General de la República - CGR.

Palavras-chave : Compensation values; oil extraction field Cicuco-Boquete; Mompós Island; Colombia.

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