Environmental economic assessment of the Varginha Zoobotanical Park: Application of the Travel Cost Method

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Published: Aug 28, 2020
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Travel Cost Method, revealed preference methods, environmental economic assessment, Varginha Zoobotanical Park

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José Ricardo Miotto Gabrielli
Universidad Federal de Alfenas (UNIFAL-MG)
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7725-7144
Alain Hernández Santoyo
Universidad Federal de Alfenas (UNIFAL-MG)
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2766-7019
Marcelo Lacerda Rezende
Universidad Federal de Alfenas (UNIFAL-MG)
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1106-4176

Abstract

In recent decades, environmental economic valuation has become a useful and necessary tool for decision-making processes involving the sustainable use of natural resources. In view of this reality, it was decided to carry out this study, for which the objective was to estimate the recreational use value of the Varginha Zoobotanical Park, in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, the only one of its kind in the region with the presence of species of Brazilian and universal flora and fauna. It was used the Travel Cost Method, recognized as one of the most important in estimating revealed preferences, specifically in obtaining the value of recreational use of natural areas, from the calculation of travel costs associated with their visits. The data for the study were obtained by applying an online questionnaire that allowed for the calculation of travel costs, permanence costs, total cost of their trips, their respective demand curve, the consumer's surplus and, thus, the estimation of their recreational use value. The results demonstrated the importance of the park for the inhabitants of the region and, in turn, represent a relevant contribution to the design of future environmental policies and the reordering of the conception about the need for an integration of ecosystem services in local and regional development planning.

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Miotto Gabrielli, J. R., Hernández Santoyo, A., & Lacerda Rezende, M. (2020). Environmental economic assessment of the Varginha Zoobotanical Park: Application of the Travel Cost Method. Cooperativismo Y Desarrollo, 8(2), 230–249. Retrieved from https://coodes.upr.edu.cu/index.php/coodes/article/view/314
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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2020): May-August
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Author Biographies

Alain Hernández Santoyo, Universidad Federal de Alfenas (UNIFAL-MG)

Graduado de Licenciado en Economía por la Universidad de Pinar del Río (UPR - 2005), Master en Administración de Empresas Agropecuarias por el Centro de Estudios sobre Desarrollo Cooperativo y Comunitario de la (UPR - 2007), Doctor por la Universidad de Alicante, España (UA - 2012), dentro del Programa de Desarrollo Sostenible de Bosques Tropicales: Manejos Forestal y Turístico, Postdoctorados en Tecnología y Sociedad (PPGTE - UTFPR), Brasil 2013 - 2013; 2014 – 2015 y en Desarrollo Regional y Agronegocio (PGDRA - UNIOESTE), Brasil 2016 - 2019. Actualmente es Profesor Visitante Extranjero del Programa de Maestría en Economía de la Universidad Federal de Alfenas (UNIFAL), Campus Varginha-MG (ICSA). El profesor es miembro del Grupo de Tecnología y Medio Ambiente (TEMA) de la UTFPR, Campus Curitiba, Brasil, Grupo de Investigación en Políticas Públicas y Dinámicas de Desarrollo Territorial (PD2T) de la UTFPR, Campus Brasil y de la Red Iberoamericana de Medio Ambiente (REIMA). Actuó como Vicepresidente del Consejo Científico de Medio Ambiente de la UPR y el Consejo Científico de la Facultad de Ciencias Técnicas. Se desempeña como árbitro del International Journal of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Waste Management, Revista Tecnología e Sociedade, Revista Retos de la Dirección, Acta Scientiarum Human and Social Sciences, Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural, Informe GEPEC y la Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos. Sus áreas de especialización son: Economía y medio ambiente, economía ambiental, valoración económica de bienes y servicios ambientales, estadística aplicada y modelación multicriterio.

Marcelo Lacerda Rezende, Universidad Federal de Alfenas (UNIFAL-MG)

Dr.C en Economía Aplicada. Profesor del Programa de Maestría en Economía (PPGE Economía)

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