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Tool #7
Participatory Resource Monitoring
The Participatory Resource Monitoring Tool aims to identify available resources
and calculate maximum sustainable yield and involve community members in
planning and implementation of resource management activities.
If community members are aware of the overall situation of their natural resources,
on which their enterprise is based, and are involved in monitoring them, they
will develop a greater sense of involvement in the project, and a deeper understanding
of issues surrounding natural resource sustainability.
Through methodologies such as Group Workshop, Village interviews, Forest Walk,
Resource Mapping, a rapid, simple resource assessment could be composed,
using the following information. The information gathered for the Product Selection
Matrix may also be useful in this exercise.
#1 The local name of the NTFP
#2 The type (i.e. medicinal plant, tree, vine)
#3
The part used for the product (i.e. the bark, the
leaf, the fruit, the resin)
#4
The purpose of the product (i.e. traditional
rituals, to make dye, to weave furniture)
#5
Habitat (i.e. deciduous forest, swamp,
evergreen forest)
#6 Location (if necessary, use a map)
#7 Frequency of use eg. Regular monthly harvest
#8
Volume of Usage / Harvest (volume/unit per
period)
eg. 1000 rattan poles per month
#9 Abundance: i.e. approximate (volume/unit) eg. 10,000 Poles
#10 Accessibility
eg. 3 hours walk away from the community,
permit for 1000 poles/month
#11 Regeneration Rate eg. Every year
#12 Threats to Sustainability
#13
Existing, Traditional Resource Management
Practice
Go back to items #7 to 11 and rate them from 3 to 1, where 3 is highest and
1 lowest and tally them in the matrix below. Comparisons over time show you
whether the conditions are improving or deteriorating and whether the use is
increasing or decreasing. Explore the relationship between usage and availability/accessibility.
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