VALORACIÓN DE COSTOS AMBIENTALES, CASO: CENTRO AMBIENTAL CHIMAYOY PASTO, NARIÑO

Abstract

The Chimayoy environmental center is a place that
has a significant value in the territory, this is
evidenced by the high number of visitors, its
proximity to the capital of the department of Nariño, and
its special environmental characteristics, which
promote the development of recreational activities,
sports and cultural what makes this place
be very valuable for the healthy recreation, the
conservation and environmental protection. This work
Its purpose is to determine the value
economic benefits of the environment from
of the consumer surplus or profit that
obtained the visitors and their willingness to pay
for the perceived environmental benefits, which gives
as a result a value of $3,344. To get
this value applied the Trip Cost Method
and Contingent Valuation. The study developed
helps to manage a natural space
strategy for the citizenship of grass and its area
of influence, which in turn provides information
for subsequent applications of cost analysis
benefit and is also useful when defining
the relevance or not of implementing a certain
actions, plans and policies that can affect
negative way to spaces that provide services
ecosystem and environmental.