Module Overview

The editable forestry modules below are from the FAO Forestry Paper 179 ‘National socioeconomic surveys in forestry: g­­­uidance and survey modules for measuring the multiple roles of forests in household welfare and livelihoods’ available at http://www.fao.org/3/a-i6206e.pdf. FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) along with CIFOR (Center for International Forestry Research), IFRI (International Forestry Resources and Institutions) Network, and the World Bank’s LSMS (Living Standards Measurement Study) and PROFOR (Program on Forests) developed these specialized modules on forest and wild products with the aim to fill current information gaps concerning the relationship of forest and wild products to household well-being.


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Standard Community Questionnaire

Standard Community Questionnaire 
COM_MODULE A: SEASONAL CALENDAR 
COM_MODULE B: MOST IMPORTANT FOREST AND WILD PRODUCTS 
COM_MODULE C: UNITS AND PRICING 
COM_MODULE D: COMMUNITY BENEFITS
     COM_MODULE D1: PRACTICES 
     COM_MODULE D2: SUPPORT 

Extended Community Questionnaire

COM_MODULE E: GOVERNANCE
     COM_MODULE E1. FOREST INSTITUTIONS 
     COM_MODULE E2. ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES 
COM_MODULE F: COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
     COM_MODULE F1: PERCEPTIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE 

Standard Household Questionnaire

HH_MODULE A: INCOME
     HH_MODULE A1. INCOME FROM FOREST AND WILD PRODUCTS
          HH_MODULE A1 Part I 
          HH_MODULE A1 Part II 
     HH_MODULE A2. OTHER FOREST-RELATED INCOME SOURCES, INCLUDING PES PROGRAMMES 
HH_MODULE B: FOREST RESOURCES – ENERGY, HEALTH AND CONSTRUCTION
     HH_MODULE B1. FOREST RESOURCE BASE 
     HH_MODULE B2. FORESTS AND ENERGY – FUELWOOD AND CHARCOAL 
     HH_MODULE B3. FORESTS AND HEALTH 
     HH_MODULE B4. FORESTS AND CONSTRUCTION 
HH_MODULE C: FOOD SHORTAGE AND CRISES
     HH_MODULE C1. FOOD SHORTAGE 
     HH_MODULE C2. SHOCKS AND CRISES 

Extended Household Questionnaire

HH_MODULE D: FOREST CHANGES AND CLEARANCE
     HH_MODULE D1. FOREST CHANGES 
     HH_MODULE D2. FOREST CLEARANCE 

Additional Modules and templates for non-LSMS-type surveys

(1) TEMPLATES FOR BASIC DATA AT HOUSEHOLD AND COMMUNITY LEVEL
     
Household level
     I. IDENTIFICATION OF HOUSEHOLD 
     II. BASIC INFORMATION ON HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS 
     III. IDENTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL RESPONDENTS 
     
Community level
     I. IDENTIFICATION PRIOR TO COMMUNITY MEETING 
     II. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS IN COMMUNITY MEETING 

(2) EXTRA MODULES ON FOREST-RELATED INCOME AND ASSETS
     EXT_MODULE A3. WAGE INCOME 
     EXT_MODULE A4. BUSINESS INCOME 
     EXT_MODULE A5. FOREST-RELATED ASSETS 

(3) EXT_MODULE F: REGULATING AND SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
     EXT_MODULE F1. CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY 
     EXT_MODULE F2. ADAPTATION STRATEGIES 
     EXT_MODULE F3. FOREST SERVICES 

 

 

 
 

last updated:  Wednesday, October 26, 2016