Criterion – I: The relationship between maintaining forested ecosystems and human culture and activities is recognized as important

Consultant's Initials:

RLL,

BH

Source:

CIFOR-BAG

Identification No. in source:

3.3

 

Final Identification No. (as reported in final list):

I

Class:

Social

Recommendation (after field testing)

Yes

Box A:

Enter the selected criterion as stated in the source document in this space:

The relationship between forest maintenance and human culture is acknowledged as important.

Box B: Attributes

Rated on a scale of 1-5, where 1=no/bad/unimportant and 5=yes/good/important

Original revised original

revised

(a)

(j)

(a)

(j)

Precisely defined? (clear)

3

4

Will it produce replicable results? (reliable)

2

2

Diagnostically specific? (valid)

2

2

Is it applicable for all landowners?

4

4

Sensitive?

4

4

Is it applicable to other areas/ecosystems? (robust)

5

5

Easy to detect, record and interpret?

2

2

How relevant is this criterion?

5

5

Useable?

4

4

Box C:

Justify your selection of the Criterion in Box A. Please ensure you discuss its relationship to theory:

Human cultures obtain various commodities and values from forests. Changes in forest composition and/or access to the forest can have dramatic effects on cultures. Sustainable forest management to meet the needs of human culture is vital to the survivability of these cultures.

Box D:

Provide bibliographic references (if any) which support your selection of this Criterion for evaluation:

Colfer, Prabhu and Wollenberg. (1995) Principles, Criteria and Indicators: Applying Ockham’s Razor to the People-Forestry Link. Working Paper No. 8, CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.

Box E:

Please name (give the reference of) the Criterion that overlap (come closest) to the Criterion that has been selected for evaluation:

CIFOR: 3.0 2.0 1.2

CIFOR – BAG: 6.1 6.2 5.0

CCFM: -

Idaho: -

GFE: -

Box F:

Please record your notes on evaluating the Criterion (Box A) here:

Worked in conjunction with Brad to evaluate.

We both felt this was a very important "C" in the overall scheme of the project.

We combined Criterion "N" (CIFOR-BAG 3.1) with Criterion "I" (CIFOR-BAG 3.1) to make the final version presented in this evaluation.

Box G: Geo-Political

Task Leader: Evaluate the geo-political scale on which the Criterion operates. Multiple-entries are possible but care should be taken to determine the primary thrust of the criterion.

Justify: Original revised

(a)

(j)

Global

X

X

North America

X

X

Intermountain

X

X

West

Study area

X

X

Tenure

X

X

Site

Box H: Function
Classify Criterion according to whether it refers to the structure of the system biophysical, social or management), function of the system, describes its composition or describes perturbations to the system.

Justify:

 Original Revised

(a)

(j)

Structure

Function

Composition

X

X

Perturbation

Box I: Linkages

Identify linkages between Criterion, to ensure that the same or similar information is not collected twice and to ascertain whether the necessary feedback loops exist between Criterion.

The Principle has information value for the following areas/principles:

Ecological /

Biophysical: -

Social: Judgement of "importance" is a social issue based on the values of society.

Economic: -

Forest Mngt: -

Yield & harvest: -

Does not fit: -

Box J:

Final version of Criterion, state only if different to definition in Box A:

The relationship between maintaining forested ecosystems and human culture and activities is recognized as important.