VALORACIóN ECONóMICA DEL SUELO Y GESTIóN AMBIENTAL: APLICACIóN EN EMPRESAS FLORICULTORAS COLOMBIANAS

this paper presents the economic valuation of environmental goods and services provided by soil associated to flower enterprises as a fundamental criterion to establish an environmental subvention to strengthen enterprise environmental management in colombia. an acknowledgment of national environmental normative is made through an analytic bibliographic review in relation to soil contamination control. also, transference method of benefits is applied as economic valuation mechanism and a model of environmental management model is proposed in colombian flower enterprises through environmental subvention. this paper concludes that information associated to environmental goods and services economic value of a natural resource is relevant because it allows providing an idea of their importance, at the same time, it is fundamental in the establishment of the minimum required tariff in the economic instrument.