Integração da educação ambiental na aplicação do método de valoração contingente para a determinação do valor económico ambiental do Parque Nacional de Limpopo

Abstract

Based on Contingent Valoration Method (MVC), the present study had as objective to analyze the integration of the component of environmental education as element of value in application of Contingent Valoration Method to determine the economic value of Limpopo National Park. The study was realized at Gaza province, at Macavene village, at Massingir district where were implicated 190 questionnaire to capture the willing to pay of local habitats for conservation of Limpopo National Park. The methodology used was based in quail- quantitative approach to determine a willing to pay, and the influence of socioeconomic variables and to valuate the environmental perception of the local community. The statistic used program is SPSS 16.0, to find the logistic regretion equation in determination of environment economic value for the preservation of Limpopo National Park, and the influence of socioeconomic variable in determination of willing to pay. The results achieved in the study shows that 21.6% of questioned people reviles willing to pay for LNP conservation, and the remaining 78,4% do not have willing to pay. In other hand, was observed that the socioeconomic variable like the salary, age, sex, naturalness and education has influence in willing to pay. The study shows that the component of environmental education can be incorporated as value element in application of Contigente Valoration Method to determinate the environment economic value of the Limpopo National Park, so then, was possible to estimate the need value 232,602.800Mts/ families per year needed for conservation of the park.