Indicator – L11. Diversity of forest use at the community level

Consultant's Initials:

GSA

Source:

CCFM

Identification No. in source: Use all refs:

6.3.3

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 - Diversity of forest use at the community level.

Box B: Definition:

The source document (CCFM, 1996) does not define this indicator. From the description, the intent or meaning is not obvious.

Box C: Attributes

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

Precisely defined? (clear)

1

Useable?

1

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

1

Sensitive?

1

Easy to detect, record and interpret?

1

Is it applicable to all landowners?

Yes

No

x

Box D: Applicability to Different Landowners. Explain any differences.

N/A

Box E: Overlap:

None

Box F: Geo-Political Scale:

Global

North America

Intermountain West

Study area

Tenure

Site

Notes:

The definition of the indicator is unknown, which makes its assessment impossible.

Box G: Indicator Characteristics.

Diagnostic

Predictive

Both

Notes:

The definition of the indicator is unknown, which makes its assessment impossible.

Box H: Indicator Function.

Structure

Function/Process

Composition

Perturbation

Not Applicable

Notes:

The definition of the indicator is unknown, which makes its assessment impossible.

Box I: Underlying Concepts:

The definition of the indicator is unknown, which makes its assessment impossible.

Box J: Relevance to Sustainable/Unsustainable Management :

The definition of the indicator is unknown, which makes its assessment impossible.

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:

The definition of the indicator is unknown, which makes its assessment impossible.

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