Measuring forest and wild product contributions to household welfare: Testing a scalable household survey instrument in Indonesia

Riyong Kim Bakkegaard, Nicholas J. Hogarth, Indah Waty Bong, Aske S. Bosselmann and Sven Wunder

Forest Policy and Economics, 2017, vol. 84, issue C, 20-28

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.

Keywords: Socioeconomic survey; Methodology; Forest-based livelihoods; Household income; West Kalimantan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2016.10.005

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