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HUMAN CAPITAL<br />

Increase in perception/recognition <strong>of</strong> the value <strong>of</strong> <strong>for</strong>est resources + 1<br />

Improvement in skills and/or knowledge <strong>of</strong> business administration + 1<br />

Improvement in skills and knowledge in <strong>for</strong>est management, agro-<strong>for</strong>estry, sustainable<br />

agriculture, or wildlife management (from training or practice)<br />

NATURAL CAPITAL<br />

+ 1<br />

Increase in in-kind income/benefits + 1<br />

Increase in <strong>land</strong> prices due to migration to project area - 2<br />

Loss or decline <strong>of</strong> area available <strong>for</strong> agriculture or grazing - 1<br />

Increase in wildlife populations due to increased <strong>for</strong>est cover or protection + 2<br />

Decrease in subsistence agricultural production +/- 1<br />

Damage to crops due to increase in wildlife inhabiting new nearby <strong>for</strong>est cover - 2<br />

Decrease in availability <strong>of</strong> food due to lack <strong>of</strong> market substitutes <strong>for</strong> farm production - 2<br />

Decrease in availability <strong>of</strong> edible NTFPs <strong>for</strong> subsistence - 2<br />

Increase in cost <strong>of</strong> food (due to decreased local agricultural production) - 2<br />

Increase in soil conservation and soil fertility/productivity + 1<br />

Increase in livestock ownership or number (from investment <strong>of</strong> new cash income) + 2<br />

Increase in production <strong>of</strong> subsistence or cash crops + 1<br />

Increase in diversity <strong>of</strong> locally produced food + 1<br />

Increase in productivity <strong>of</strong> livestock systems + 1<br />

Increase in supply <strong>of</strong> nutrition due to cultivation <strong>of</strong> fruit trees + 1<br />

Increase in availability <strong>of</strong> botanical/natural medicines + 1<br />

Decrease in availability <strong>of</strong> botanical/natural medicines - 1<br />

Increase or stabilization <strong>of</strong> water flows and/or quality <strong>for</strong> local people. + 1<br />

Decline in water quality or stability <strong>of</strong> water flows <strong>for</strong> local people - 1<br />

Increase or stabilization <strong>of</strong> water flows/quality <strong>for</strong> urban users (<strong>of</strong>f-site, downstream) + 1<br />

Decline in water quality or stability <strong>of</strong> water flows <strong>for</strong> urban users (<strong>of</strong>f-site, downstream) - 1<br />

Increase in erosion and siltation due to logging and/or road building - 1<br />

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