Perception on mangrove and mangrove reforestation in Lipata, Culasi, Antique

Abstract

This study was conducted to find out the resident’s perception on mangrove and mangrove reforestation in Barangay Lipata, Culasi, Antique. Specifically, it aimed to describe the respondents according to their personal profile such as sex, age, religion, educational attainment, occupation, monthly income and years of residency; describe the respondents awareness about mangrove; and describe the respondents awareness about mangrove reforestation. The one shot survey design was used to gather data from 194 randomly selected residents of Lipata, Culasi, Antique using a researcher-developed survey instrument. All the data collected were electronically processed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 11. Descriptive data analysis was used in this study. The respondents of the study were generally married, high school educated, female Aglipayans in their 40s s, in various occupations, with an average monthly income of Php 3,325.79 and had been residing in the barangay for an average of 34.5 years. All of the respondents were familiar with mangroves generally because of the presence of mangroves in the area and all of them mainly know bakhaw as a mangrove specie.