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Pago por servicios ambientales hidrológicos: caso de estudio Parque Nacional del Nevado de Toluca, México
Hydrological Ecosystem Service Payment: Case Study "National Park Nevado de Toluca", Mexico
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Abstract
El potencial hídrico que representa el Parque Nacional Nevado de Toluca se ha visto disminuido por numerosos impactos antrópicos, lo que exige crear estrategias para su conservación. Este estudio tiene como objetivo estimar la disposición a pagar haciendo una encuesta en una muestra de usuario... view more
El potencial hídrico que representa el Parque Nacional Nevado de Toluca se ha visto disminuido por numerosos impactos antrópicos, lo que exige crear estrategias para su conservación. Este estudio tiene como objetivo estimar la disposición a pagar haciendo una encuesta en una muestra de usuarios del Valle de Toluca en el marco de un programa de Pago por Servicios Ambientales Hidrológicos. Los resultados muestran que los usuarios dispuestos a pagar rebasan el 50%, con cantidades que oscilan entre 30 y 80 pesos mensuales, sin embargo hay un sector de los encuestados que no estarían dispuestos a contribuir, pero realizarían acciones enfocadas al cuidado del medio ambiente.... view less
Nevado de Toluca National Park is an area of vital importance from the hydrological point of view, since it is one of the recharge areas to the aquifer that supplies to the inhabitants of the Toluca Valley and part of Mexico City. Its water potential has been diminished by numerous anthropogen... view more
Nevado de Toluca National Park is an area of vital importance from the hydrological point of view, since it is one of the recharge areas to the aquifer that supplies to the inhabitants of the Toluca Valley and part of Mexico City. Its water potential has been diminished by numerous anthropogenic impacts. We need to search for tools in order to address this problem. The purpose of this study is to estimate the willingness to pay from a sample of users in the Toluca Valley as part of a program of hydrological ecosystem service payment. The results show that the percentage of users willing to contribute surpass 50%, with amounts ranging between 30 and 80 pesos per person per month, but there is a sector of the respondents who would not contribute in cash, but are willing to carry out actions focused in the environmental care.... view less
Keywords
Mexico; water; environmental protection; ecological system; environmental behavior; water management; Central America
Classification
Ecology, Environment
Document language
Spanish
Publication Year
2010
Page/Pages
p. 286-294
Journal
CIENCIA ergo-sum : revista científica multidisciplinaria de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, 17 (2010) 3
ISSN
1405-0269
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works