Measuring forest and wild product contributions to household welfare: Testing a scalable household survey instrument in Indonesia |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Caroline Amalie Vej 78, Kongens Lyngby 2800, Denmark;2. Viikki Tropical Resources Institute (VITRI), University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Sciences, P.O. Box 27, (Latokartanonkaari 7), FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland;3. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Jalan CIFOR, Situ Gede, Sindang Barang, Bogor (Barat) 16115, Indonesia;4. University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 25, 1258 Frederiksberg, Denmark;1. Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products, Dresden University of Technology, Germany;2. Forests and Governance Programme, Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia;3. Global Green Growth Institute, Jakarta, Indonesia;4. Public Administration and Policy Group, Wageningen UR, The Netherlands;1. Laboratory of Forest Policy, Department of Forest Management, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Kampus IPB Darmaga, Bogor 16680, Indonesia;2. Center for Agriculture and Rural Development Studies (PSP3), Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Indonesia;3. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia;4. School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA;1. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, United States;2. Department of Economics and Management, Pompeu Fabra University, C/Ramon Trias Fargas 25-27, Barcelona 08005, Spain;3. Luc Christiaensen, The World Bank, 1818 H St NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA |
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| Abstract: | Systematic comparisons of human dependence on forests and environmental resources have been challenging, as a result of heterogeneous methodologies. Specialized Forestry Modules have been developed, with the goal of filling current information gaps concerning the economic importance of forest and wild products in household welfare and rural livelihoods. Results from a pilot assessment of the Forestry Modules in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, are presented, showing that the Forestry Modules perform well in extracting the expected information: mean per capita forest and wild product income shifts according to the geographical “forest gradient”. Significantly, in the forest-rich upstream village, mean forest and wild product income and mean forest-related wage and business incomes exceeds current mean agricultural income statistics for West Kalimantan and mean non-agricultural rural household incomes in the lowest bracket. Consumption of forest products and importance as a coping strategy was higher in the most upstream village, where sale of forest products in times of shock was more marked in the most downstream village (where forest coping strategies were also least important). The Forestry Modules' detailed and systematic approach can help ensure that contributions of forest and wild products are not underestimated in national figures. |
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