Author(s)

J.E. Bruno, FJ. Gaspari, M.E. Presutti, SJ. Magnin & C.R. Orona

Abstract

Methods for environmental degradation diagnosis in watersheds: its application to the basin of source, Corto, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina J.E. Bruno, FJ. Gaspari, M.E. Presutti, SJ. Magnin & C.R. Orona Facultadde Ciencias Agrariasy Forestales, Universidad National de la Plata (UNLP) 60 y 118, La Plata 1900, Argentina Email: jebruno@isis. unip. edu. ar Summary The purpose of this work is to analyze the current situation of the basin and the principal factors of environmental risk, fomlulating a sustainable development project. Its objective is to attend to the problems of agricultural producers and to preserve the environmental patrimony. Producers preoccupations are: on one hand, those which are derived from torrential runoffs with erosive effects and floods; on the other, those which are linked with the need to fit productive systems to the new requirements of the outstanding economic policies. The current advanced level of the project, the preliminary di

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