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T10 Social Indicator Checklists<br />

T10.1 Indicators Derived from ‘Sustainability Framework’ Approaches<br />

Social Carbon Methodology (SCM)<br />

The list <strong>of</strong> approved indicators <strong>for</strong> the SCM ‘Financial’, ‘Human’, ‘Social’ and ‘Natural Resources’ are<br />

as follows:<br />

Financial Resources:<br />

• ability or capacity to access to credit<br />

• participation in goods and services markets<br />

• level <strong>of</strong> household income and savings<br />

• ‘economic and <strong>social</strong> returns’ incl. relative income distribution & distribution <strong>of</strong> financial<br />

assets<br />

Human Resources:<br />

• state <strong>of</strong> family health<br />

• adult literacy level<br />

• pr<strong>of</strong>essional skills in the household (especially agriculture, livestock, extractivism)<br />

• <strong>for</strong>mal education levels<br />

• disease incidence<br />

• work attitudes<br />

• leisure options<br />

• ‘technical competence’<br />

• access to technical extension services<br />

Social Resources:<br />

• level <strong>of</strong> participation in civil organizations<br />

• number <strong>of</strong> people taking collective decisions<br />

• adherence to and actions by institutions representing community<br />

• level <strong>of</strong> dependency on government interventions<br />

• degree <strong>of</strong> community organization - <strong>for</strong>mal associations or community groups<br />

• presence <strong>of</strong> support agencies (especially religious)<br />

• family networks<br />

• internal conflicts and their causes (external or internal)<br />

Natural resources:<br />

• rate <strong>of</strong> de<strong>for</strong>estation<br />

• level <strong>of</strong> fish & wild game stocks<br />

• quality <strong>of</strong> soil & water<br />

• degree <strong>of</strong> fragmentation <strong>of</strong> local ecosystems<br />

• level <strong>of</strong> protection<br />

• management regimes<br />

Source: Social Carbon. 2009. Social Carbon Guidelines.<br />

http://www.<strong>social</strong>carbon.org/Guidelines/Files/<strong>social</strong>carbon_guidelines_en.pdf<br />

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