Percepción ciudadana de los recursos fúngicos y potencial de micoalfabetización en Costa Rica
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2018-11
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Rojas Alvarado, Carlos Alonso
Molina Murillo, Sergio Andrés
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Antecedentes: La integración entre información biológica y datos sobre la percepción ciudadana de los recursos naturales es clave para construir iniciativas de conservación biológica sensibles a las diferencias socioculturales.
Objetivos: Documentar las diferencias en la percepción sobre los recursos micológicos en la población general de Costa Rica a lo largo del territorio de este país.
Métodos: Se realizaron 1 361 encuestas según un diseño con un 90 % de confianza, en 11 ciudades de Costa Rica. Se analizaron las respuestas obtenidas sobre los hongos a partir de criterios sociodemográficos y regionales.
Resultados y conclusiones: Se encontró una asociación entre un mayor nivel de conocimiento y sensibilidad hacia los recursos fúngicos y un mayor nivel de educación. Esta asociación estuvo relacionada también con una mejor interpretación de la funcionalidad ecológica de los hongos. Los conocimientos generales sobre tipos percibidos de hongos disminuyeron en las regiones alejadas al Área Metropolitana y las zonas costeras del pacífico mostraron los niveles más bajos de conocimiento y apreciación por los hongos.
Background: The integration between biological information and data on citizen perception of natural resources is key for socioculturally-sensitive initiatives of biological conservation. Objectives: To document perceptional differences on fungal resources in the general population of Costa Rica along its national territory. Methods: A total of 1 361 surveys were carried out in a design with a 90 % of confidence. These were conducted in 11 cities of Costa Rica. Response patterns on fungal resources were analyzed according with sociodemographic and regional criteria. Results and conclusions: An association between higher knowledge on fungi was found in populations with higher educational level. This association influenced the public interpretation of ecological functionality of fungi. General knowledge on fungi decreased in regions farther away from the Metropolitan Areas and coastal cities along the pacific coast of Costa Rica showed the lowest levels of fungal knowledge and appreciation.
Background: The integration between biological information and data on citizen perception of natural resources is key for socioculturally-sensitive initiatives of biological conservation. Objectives: To document perceptional differences on fungal resources in the general population of Costa Rica along its national territory. Methods: A total of 1 361 surveys were carried out in a design with a 90 % of confidence. These were conducted in 11 cities of Costa Rica. Response patterns on fungal resources were analyzed according with sociodemographic and regional criteria. Results and conclusions: An association between higher knowledge on fungi was found in populations with higher educational level. This association influenced the public interpretation of ecological functionality of fungi. General knowledge on fungi decreased in regions farther away from the Metropolitan Areas and coastal cities along the pacific coast of Costa Rica showed the lowest levels of fungal knowledge and appreciation.
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Biodiversidad, Centroamérica, Educación, Hongos, Planeamiento, Biodiversity, Central America, Education, Fungi, Planning, 579.572 86 Hongos Eumycophyta (Hongos verdaderos)