Results of the “occupation of the coastal territory on the environmental sutainability of the wetlands of Huanchaco-Perú” are presented. The work was carried out on base of the management and processing satellite images, georeferenced databases that serve to obtain past and present information, the method used relates different sources of information from the databases of the District Municipality of Huanchaco with remote sensing images from Google Earth. The results show accelerated growth of the mainly urban population, settled on the coast in detriment of adjacent áreas characterized by precaurious basic.

Keywords : Territorial Occupation, Coastal Strip, Wetlands Ecosystems.