The social capital in the sustainable management of the subbasin from Ulí River

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out in Siuna Municipality, in the Autonomous Region of the North Caribbean Coast (RACCN), in the Ulí Subbasin, with the purpose of making an analysis on the efficiency of the social capital in the integral management of Ulí Subbasin. With the participation of 18 communities located around the Ulí subbasin: Santa Fe, Wany, Santa Rosa, Ulí, Yuluwas, Azadín, Aza, Guzma, El Bambú, Nueva Esperanza, Rosquilete, Copawas, Sikilta, Martha Lorena 1, Martha Lorena, El Guácimo, Saslaysito and Montes de Oro. This analysis addresses the dimensions of intra community integration, extra community connection, institutional synergy and organizational efficiency, at an interpretive level and the phenomenological method. In the subbasin of the Ulí River there is a potential for social capital for the sustainable management of the basin, with a high willingness to participate, integration for its integral development. However, there is a deficiency in its use, since no trust, integration and complementation actions are generated between community organizations, as well as with external institutions, maximizing the vulnerability of the basin and its socio-environmental context.