Revista de Gestão Costeira Integrada
Volume 21, Issue 4, September 2021, Pages 249-263
DOI: 10.5894/rgci-n435
* Submission: 3 MAR 2021; Peer review: 4 MAR 2021; Revised: 8 AGO 2021; Accepted: 8 AGO 2021; Available on-line: 17 NOV 2021
Community Perception of the Value of the Ecosystems of the Bons Sinais Estuary, Mozambique, Southern Africa
Antonio Mubango Hoguane@ 1, Rodrigues Pita Francisco1, 2, Rosa Lourenço Simbine1, 3, Humberto Silvestre Mabota1 4
@ Corresponding author: hoguane@yahoo.com.br
1 Center for Marine Research and Technology, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique
2 Email: pitaliroy@yahoo.com.br
3 Email: simbiner@yahoo.com.br
4 Email: humberto.mabota@gmail.com
ABSTRACT: Understanding the community’s perceptions of, and beliefs about, the value of ecosystems and natural resources is important for designing effective environmental education and awareness campaigns and for the adoption of sustainable natural resources management. The present paper examines the perceptions of the natural resource users in the Bons Sinais Estuary and gauges their willingness to contribute to mangrove ecosystem restoration and management. 169 natural resource users, including fishermen, farmers, and forest produce users, from five villages along the Estuary (Marrubune, Gazelas, Icidua, Chuabo Dembe and Inhangome), were interviewed. The interviewees assigned high value to the estuary as a source of fish, as agricultural land and as productive forest. They considered the estuary important for provision of clean water and air and for its potential for tourism development. There were strong similarities, across the region, with regard to the value of the estuary ecosystem (0.6
Keywords: Ecosystem services, natural resource management, livelihood activities, mangrove restoration, co-management.
RESUMO: Compreender as percepções e crenças da comunidade, sobre o valor dos ecossistemas e recursos naturais, é importante para a planificação de campanhas eficazes de educação e conscientização ambiental e para a adoção da gestão sustentável dos recursos naturais. O presente artigo examina as percepções dos usuários de recursos naturais no estuário de Bons Sinais e avalia sua disposição em contribuir para a restauração e gestão de ecossistemas de mangal. Foram entrevistados 169 usuários de recursos naturais, incluindo pescadores, agricultores e usuários de produtos florestais, de cinco aldeias ao longo do estuário (Marrubune, Gazelas, Icidua, Chuabo Dembe e Inhangome). Os entrevistados atribuíram alto valor ao estuário como fonte de peixe, terra agrícola e floresta produtiva. Eles consideraram o estuário importante para o fornecimento de água e ar limpos e por seu potencial para o desenvolvimento do turismo. Houve fortes semelhanças, em toda a região, em relação ao valor do ecossistema do estuário (0,6
Palavras-chave: Serviços de ecossistemas, gestão de recursos naturais, atividades de subsistência, restauração de mangal, co-gestão.
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