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Increase in community stocks of timber + 1 Increase in the availability of timber (for household and community use) + 1 Decrease in the availability of timber (for household and community use) + 1 Increase in availability of fuel-wood (for household and community use) + 1 Decrease in availability of fuel-wood (for household and community use) PHYSICAL CAPITAL + 1 Deterioration or reduction in transportation infrastructure - 2 New or improved transportation infrastructure + 1 Improved access to markets (due to new or improved roads/infrastructure) + 2 Ecotourism facilities developed or improved + 1 Health clinic established or improved (directly by the project) SOCIAL CAPITAL + 2 Community organization established or strengthened + 1 Community and/or household negotiation skills improved + 1 Community gain voice and participation in local and/or national planning + 2 Mistrust towards authorities & project managers due to complexity/lack of understanding of project’s payment/compensation regime/contracts & assoc. factors incl. carbon pricing, etc. - 1 Legal recognition of land tenure rights (private or communal titles) of local inhabitants + 1 Increase in land tenure security (due to change in perception as result of inclusion of land in carbon scheme) + 2 Decrease or loss of informal/customary rights over forest resources and land - 1 Decrease in availability of land for poor landless, due to access restrictions - 1 Decrease or loss of access to forest resources for extraction/harvest (timber, NTFPs, wild game etc.) - 1 Recognition of carbon rights for local communities or individuals + 1 New micro-enterprises developed + 1 Logging companies cause social disruption and tensions - 1 Social Impact Assessment of Land-Based Carbon Projects (1.0) – Part II | 97

Table T26: Potential Mid- to Long-Term Social Impacts of Land-Based Carbon Projects REDD (w/ strict restrictions) REDD (w/ sustainable use) Improved forest Management Plantations (large or small) Agroforestry Soil carbon/agriculture IMPACTS (Mid to long-term) More sustainable natural resource use + 1 Decline in general rate of poverty in community + 2 Increased food security + 1 Decrease in food security - 2 Decrease food consumption due to higher food prices and/or the reduced availability of subsistence forest resources - 2 Increase in spending on food (due to restricted access to land and subsistence farming) - 2 Improvement in household or community nutrition + 2 Decline in household or community nutrition - 2 Increase in use of botanical/natural medicines + 2 Decrease in use of botanical/natural medicines - 2 Improvement in household or community health (due to food security, health services, nutritional outcomes, and/or reduced air pollution) + 2 Decline in community health - 2 Increased life expectancy + 2 Households have livelihood activities/strategies that better allow them to resist and cope with economic shocks and emergencies (due to production of and/or access to alternative food sources, medicines, cash crops/products, etc.) Impact: Positive (+), or Negative (-) + 2 Impact: Primary/direct (1) or Secondary/indirect (2) Social Impact Assessment of Land-Based Carbon Projects (1.0) – Part II | 98

Increase in community stocks <strong>of</strong> timber + 1<br />

Increase in the availability <strong>of</strong> timber (<strong>for</strong> household and community use) + 1<br />

Decrease in the availability <strong>of</strong> timber (<strong>for</strong> household and community use) + 1<br />

Increase in availability <strong>of</strong> fuel-wood (<strong>for</strong> household and community use) + 1<br />

Decrease in availability <strong>of</strong> fuel-wood (<strong>for</strong> household and community use)<br />

PHYSICAL CAPITAL<br />

+ 1<br />

Deterioration or reduction in transportation infrastructure - 2<br />

New or improved transportation infrastructure + 1<br />

Improved access to markets (due to new or improved roads/infrastructure) + 2<br />

Ecotourism facilities developed or improved + 1<br />

Health clinic established or improved (directly by the project)<br />

SOCIAL CAPITAL<br />

+ 2<br />

Community organization established or strengthened + 1<br />

Community and/or household negotiation skills improved + 1<br />

Community gain voice and participation in local and/or national planning + 2<br />

Mistrust towards authorities & project managers due to complexity/lack <strong>of</strong> understanding <strong>of</strong><br />

project’s payment/compensation regime/contracts & assoc. factors incl. carbon pricing, etc.<br />

- 1<br />

Legal recognition <strong>of</strong> <strong>land</strong> tenure rights (private or communal titles) <strong>of</strong> local inhabitants + 1<br />

Increase in <strong>land</strong> tenure security (due to change in perception as result <strong>of</strong> inclusion <strong>of</strong> <strong>land</strong> in<br />

carbon scheme)<br />

+ 2<br />

Decrease or loss <strong>of</strong> in<strong>for</strong>mal/customary rights over <strong>for</strong>est resources and <strong>land</strong> - 1<br />

Decrease in availability <strong>of</strong> <strong>land</strong> <strong>for</strong> poor <strong>land</strong>less, due to access restrictions - 1<br />

Decrease or loss <strong>of</strong> access to <strong>for</strong>est resources <strong>for</strong> extraction/harvest (timber, NTFPs, wild game etc.) - 1<br />

Recognition <strong>of</strong> carbon rights <strong>for</strong> local communities or individuals + 1<br />

New micro-enterprises developed + 1<br />

Logging companies cause <strong>social</strong> disruption and tensions - 1<br />

Social Impact Assessment <strong>of</strong> Land-Based Carbon Projects (1.0) – Part II | 97

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