Valuation of Environmental Education Applied to Payment for Urban Environmental Services in State of Amazonas Legislation

Abstract

Interest in the economic valuation of environmental resources for remuneration for their preservation demonstrates that Payment for Environmental Services (PSA) is considered the ideal model of sustainability because it understands that ecosystem goods and services are dependent on the economy. In the context of the urban ecosystem, the study of the valuation of environmental education and PES arises as an opportunity to determine the economic value of an environmental resource and to estimate its valuation in relation to other available goods and services, describing to whom they are offered and to whom. are the beneficiaries. The study addressed Law No. 4,286 of December 1, 2015, which establishes the Amazonas State Policy and the Environmental Services Management System, whose focus was the analysis of the PSA of the State Legislation, outlining the criteria and instruments of valuation of urban environmental services emphasizing the valuation of environmental education. In the construction of the environmental education valuation taxonomy, the tabulation model of the economic instruments of the Urban Environmental Services Payment (PSAU) was used to compose the Urban Environmental Services (SAU) matrix applied in the environmental valuation, based on the evaluation model. denominated as Economic Value of the Environmental Resource (VERA). PSA serves as a framework for discussions of participants' conflicts of interest using the taxonomy model of valuing environmental education. Entities involved in public policy and economic decision-makers are recommended to understand the value of environmental goods and services.