TAREA 2 – TAREA DE REDACCION

INGLES III

GIOVANNA ALEXANDRA ZULUAGA SIERRA

CC.1113626072

JULIAN FLOREZ
TUTOR

VICERRECTORÍA ACADÉMICA Y DE INVESTIGACIÓN

CÓDIGO: (90121_163)

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA – UNAD

CEAD PALMIRA
FEBRERO 2020
Palmira, February 18, 2021

Sirs
CORPORACION AUTONOMA REGIONAL DEL VALLE DEL CAUCA C.V.C.
Subject: Lawsuit in default in sugarcane burning.

Regards.
Pollution is a very important problem that occurs all over the world today, especially in our
City. It is the pollution of the environment through the burning of sugar cane interfere with
our health and quality of life, the natural functioning of living beings and their environment,
the danger of fire that can be caused in residential places.
We are exposed to exposure to pollutants such as smog, sulfates, nitrates and carbon that
can have a significant impact on both human health and affect our community.
The effects of burning on the health of the people who live in the areas near the cane fields
are not easy to determine, as there are numerous factors that influence the generation of
respiratory diseases. However, it is amply proven that air pollution is a disease risk element
and can aggravate pre-existing respiratory or heart conditions.
Despite all these evidences, soot continues to rain on the populations of the Cauca river
valley, poisoning part of the population while the sugarcane monoculture continues to grow,
forming a green desert that extends for more than 200 km.
Due to these cases, in 1995 the Colombian Ministry of the Environment published a Decree
(No. 948 of 1995) in which agricultural burning is prohibited as of 2005, forcing the
Colombian sugar sector to propose technological strategies to comply with said target.
On November 1, 1996, the Ministry of the Environment, the Regional Autonomous
Corporations and the Communities signed with the Colombian Sugar Sector, a Cleaner
Production Agreement where several commitments were formulated and set, such as:
"Do not burn the cane standing or burn the cane waste within 1 km from municipal
capitals, 1.5 km from airports, 80 meters from paved roads, 30 m (15 m on each side)
below power lines and 30 m from buildings in the townships. Additionally, 20% of the area
planted with sugarcane cannot be burned as of 1998, 40% in 1999, 60% in 2000 and as of
2001 it will only be burned in templates. The sugar sector also undertook to reduce the
inconvenience caused by the pavesas (ashes) in the towns ”.
To this day, cane burns continue to occur in sectors very close to residential areas, evidenced
by photographic records.

I appreciate the attention provided,

Giovanna Alexandra Zuluaga