The functionality of the natural systems depends on the resulting balance from the proper interaction between its biological and non-biological components. In the particular case of the Los Flamencos flora and fauna sanctuary, the human activities have interrupted this balance and have generated changes in its natural environs. As these changes are so significant and its consequences are very complex, the development of studies such as the one proposed in this paper are necessary, to evaluate the transformations suffered by the Sanctuary's natural, using GIS and remote sensing tools. This work is based on a multitemporal analysis of satellite images carried out between 1987 and 2007, following the CORINE Land Cover methodology, which was first developed in Europe and later implemented in Colombia through some projects on environ studies at national scale. Furthermore, for this project a computer-aided visual interpretation of landsat images was carried out, using special software. The final results were statistically analyzed and shown on a map of the changes taking place in natural environs changes during the years mentioned above.

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