El Nevado de Toluca es, desde 2013, un Área Natural Protegida en la categoría de Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna de acuerdo con la legislación mexicana. El volcán cuenta con fácil acceso y con una alta afluencia de visitantes, sin embargo, no cuenta con información orientativa y visible in situ, lo cual favorece el deterioro de la zona y las situaciones de riesgo por no conocer las precauciones al adentrarse a una zona de alta y media montaña.
Este proyecto presenta una estrategia de fomento a la conservación del entorno natural a través de una serie de mapas que contienen el área cratérica del volcán y sus alrededores, donde se muestra la ubicación de rutas de montaña, bicicleta y senderos interpretativos, así como información contextualizada sobre salud y prevención, además de su geología, historia eruptiva y biodiversidad. Así mismo, se espera que la consulta o uso in situ por parte de los visitantes de la zona, mitigará las situaciones de riesgo y disminuirá los accidentes de montaña provocados por desconocimiento.
<p>Geothermal high enthalpy resources can be an important potential source to satisfy Mexico&#8217;s energy requirements ; nevertheless, low and moderate enthalpy resources may contribute through the direct uses to replace fossil fuels. In both cases, the exploitation of geothermal resources are an important factor inthe energy transition that the whole world strives to achieve. Furthermore, it has an important social impact in the communities, where the use of geothermal energy can bring considerable benefit. In this work, a geothermal characterization with a geographic approach is presented for the &#8220;Atotonilco&#8221; (hot water in native language) town in Calcahualco municipality of Veracruz state (eastern M&#233;xico). The surface manifestations in the area are calcium-carbonate warm springs with flows from 1 to 12 liters per second. The temperature at depth was estimated between 70&#176;C and 74&#176;C with the calcedony geothermometer, which corresponds to a low enthalpy resource. A preliminary conceptual model of the Atotonilco geothermal area, using all data and a list of the feasible direct uses applications are proposed. These proposals consider the social and economic characteristics of the study area that were observed during the field work. The recommended actions include dissemination of the results of this research, as an important contribution to the development of geothermal resources in Atotonilco town.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Geothermal energy, environmental geography, renewable energy, direct use, geochemical exploration, geoscience dissemination.</p><p><strong>Acknowledgment</strong></p><p>Thanks to Dr. Ram&#243;n Espinasa Pere&#241;a for his technical support during the field work. Thanks to the Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry of the Institute of Geophysics, UNAM, especially to the QFB Olivia Cruz, M in Ing. Alejandra Aguayo and QFB Omar Neri, for carrying out the chemical analyzes of water presented here.</p>
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