Análise do contributo do método de valoração contingente na percepção ambiental dos utentes do Jardim Botânico Tunduru

Abstract

The present study was based on the objective of analyzing the contribution of the Contingent Assessment Method in understanding the environmental awareness of users of the Tunduru Botanical Garden, which is located in the Kampfumo Municipal District, in the city of Maputo. The sample determined was 250 users of the Tunduru Botanical Garden through the application of a questionnaire to capture their willingness to pay for the maintenance and conservation of the Tunduru Botanical Garden. The study used a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods (Quali-quantitative). The quantitative approach focused on the determination of DAP, and the qualitative approach was based on the analysis of the environmental perception of users of Jardim Tunduru and the influence of socioeconomic variables in relation to DAP. Of the total number of users of the Tunduru Botanical Garden interviewed, only 36.8% were willing to pay for its maintenance and conservation, 56.2% of users were not willing to pay for the maintenance of the garden and this shows that the level of environmental awareness of the garden users is low; it was possible to observe that the socioeconomic and environmental variables exert a great positive and negative influence in the determination of the DAP which resulted in a monthly proposal of 2807, 22 Meticais/Month/Habitant and the annual DAP about 7,310,000.88 Meticais for garden maintenance Tunduru Botanist. Recommendations to the municipality of Maputo, with particular emphasis on the Managers of the Tunduru Botanical Garden, are the posting of posters with educational messages that allow users to raise awareness of the importance of maintaining and conserving the Tunduru Botanical Garden; creation of a group in coordination with Environmental Education students to carry out environmental awareness in the garden at least twice a week. Users of the garden are always advised that they are in the Tunduru Botanical Garden, as well as other gardens or public spaces, to opt for actions that contribute to the maintenance and conservation of the environment.