Indicator – L4. Contribution to the national economy
Consultant's Initials: |
GSA |
Source: |
CCFM |
Identification No. in source: Use all refs: |
5.3 |
Class: |
Economic |
Recommendation (after field testing) Yes or no |
No |
Revised Indicator Suggested? # |
Box A:
Principle - Society accepts responsibility for sustainability.
Criterion- There is equitable access to and distribution of economic rents.
Indicator - Contribution to the national economy.
Box B: Definition:
This indicator encompasses various measures of how forest industries contribute to the
national economy, including contributions to gross domestic products, total employment,
and various efficiency indices.
Box C: Attributes
Rated on a scale of 1-5, where 1=no/bad/unimportant and 5=yes/good/important
Precisely defined? (clear) |
2 |
Useable? |
2 |
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Is it applicable to other areas/ecosystems? (robust) |
3 |
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Sensitive? |
2 |
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Easy to detect, record and interpret? |
2 |
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Is it applicable to all landowners? |
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Yes |
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No |
x |
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Box D: Applicability to Different Landowners. Explain any differences.
This indicator does not apply to different land tenures.
Box E: Overlap:
CCFM: L8, 5.3.2
Box F: Geo-Political Scale:
Global |
X |
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North America |
X |
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Intermountain West |
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Study area |
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Tenure |
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Site |
Notes:
The indicator addresses contributions to national economies. It could be applied at the continental and global scales.
Box G: Indicator Characteristics:
Diagnostic |
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Predictive |
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Both |
X |
Notes:
The indicator is diagnostic, but could also have limited predictive capability if time series trends are examined.
Box H: Indicator Function:
Structure |
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Function/Process |
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Composition |
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Perturbation |
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| Not Applicable | X |
Notes:
This classification does not apply to socioeconomic systems.
Box I: Underlying Concepts:
This indicator applies to the national scale and is inappropriate for the scale of the forest management unit such as the study area.
Box J: Relevance to Sustainable/Unsustainable Management:
This indicator applies to the national scale and is inappropriate for the scale of the forest management unit such as the study area.
Box K: Measurement Methods:
None.
Box L: Data Required:
None.
Box M: Data Used for the North American Test :
None.
Box N: Example Results:
None.
Box O: Assessing the Practicality:
None.
Box P: Assessing the Information Value:
None
Box Q: Overall assessment:
Rejected.
Weaknesses:
Box R: Did you rewrite or revise to a new indicator. If so what?
No.
Box S: References:
N/A
Appendix:
Please record your notes on evaluating the indicator here.
N/A