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Methods for estimating forest income and their challenges

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Title Methods for estimating forest income and their challenges
 
Creator Wollenberg, Eva K.
 
Subject case studies
forest products
households
income
methodology
rural communities
 
Description Income measures are increasingly used as an indicator of the well-being of forest villagers, their use of forest products, and even the value of a forest. The methods for estimating income are often underreported, however, and little analysis is available of the methods required to measure income. Ten case studies are examined to demonstrate methods in use for quantifying household income. The cases are used to investigate techniques for overcoming two common methodological obstacles: (1) the cost of collecting data about many, diverse and distant sources of income from the forest, and (2) the difficulty of aggregating the monetary values of products. The strengths and weaknesses of the techniques are discussed to help researchers identify methods appropriate to their needs. The article concludes that: (1) costs are most effectively reduced where the number of products studied is limited and methods based on indirect observation are used; (2) aggregating the monetary value of a mix of market and subsistence products requires sensitivity to the limitations of the methods; and (3) addressing the diversity of values that forest products provide to people might provide a more accurate estimation of income.
 
Date 2000
2012-06-04T09:06:13Z
2012-06-04T09:06:13Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Wollenberg, E. 2000. Methods for estimating forest income and their challenges . Society and Natural Resources 13 (8) :777-795. ISSN: 0894-1920.
0894-1920
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18225
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/736
 
Language en
 
Source Society and Natural Resources