Community Perception of the Value of the Ecosystems of the Bons Sinais Estuary, Mozambique, Southern Africa

Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI:10.5894/rgci-n435

A. M. Hoguane, Rodrigues Pita Francisco, Rosa Lourenço Simbine, Humberto Silvestre Mabota

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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.

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社区对南部非洲莫桑比克Bons Sinais河口生态系统价值的认知

了解社区对生态系统和自然资源价值的看法和信念，对于设计有效的环境教育和宣传活动以及采用可持续的自然资源管理非常重要。本文考察了bonssinais河口自然资源使用者的观念，并衡量了他们为红树林生态系统恢复和管理做出贡献的意愿。采访了来自河口沿岸5个村庄(Marrubune、Gazelas、Icidua、Chuabo Dembe和Inhangome)的169名自然资源使用者，包括渔民、农民和林产品使用者。受访者对河口作为鱼类来源、农业用地和生产性森林给予了很高的评价。他们认为河口对于提供清洁的水和空气以及发展旅游业的潜力具有重要意义。关键词:生态系统服务，自然资源管理，生计活动，红树林恢复，共同管理。

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Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management Environmental Science-Water Science and Technology

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期刊介绍： Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management / Revista de Gestão Costeira Integrada is a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes articles dealing with all the subjects related to coastal zones and their management, namely focused on coastal oceanography (physical, geological, chemical, biological), engineering, economy, sedimentology, sociology, ecology, history, pollution, laws, biology, anthropology, chemistry, politics, etc. Published papers present results from both fundamental as well as applied, or directed research. Emphasis is given to results on interdisciplinary contributions, on management tools and techniques, on innovative methodological or technical developments, on items with wide general applicability, and on local or regional experiments that can be a source of inspirations to other regions. Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management is focused on coastal environments what means that embraces a wide area that extends from an indefinite distance inland to an indefinite limit seaward. Paleoenvironments, ancient shorelines, historical occupation, diachronically analysis and legislation evolution are some subjects considered to fall within the purview of the journal as well.