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Landscape Outcomes Assessment Methodology (LOAM)<br />

Some commonly identified indicators from LOAM case studies are:<br />

Human capital assets:<br />

• Child and adult mortality, especially to major diseases<br />

• Availability and quality <strong>of</strong> health care<br />

• Availability <strong>of</strong> education – distance to schools<br />

• Skills and education levels (e.g., number <strong>of</strong> qualified people)<br />

• Capacity-building <strong>of</strong> women<br />

• Traditional knowledge<br />

Social capital assets:<br />

• Levels <strong>of</strong> corruption/effectiveness <strong>of</strong> administration<br />

• Equity in application <strong>of</strong> laws<br />

• Existence <strong>of</strong> community <strong>based</strong> resource management groups<br />

• Respect <strong>for</strong> traditional resource management rules<br />

• Social organizations<br />

• Local networks<br />

Physical capital assets:<br />

• Road access<br />

• Plantations as providers <strong>of</strong> employment<br />

• Quality <strong>of</strong> housing – number <strong>of</strong> tin ro<strong>of</strong>s<br />

• Local processing industries – sawmills etc.<br />

• Village water supply<br />

• Mechanization, e.g., number <strong>of</strong> tractors<br />

• Electricity/energy sources<br />

Financial/economic assets:<br />

• Income from timber or NTFPs<br />

• Employment from tourism, local estates<br />

• Total household income<br />

• Access to and cost <strong>of</strong> <strong>for</strong>mal credit/micr<strong>of</strong>inance<br />

• Access to and cost <strong>of</strong> in<strong>for</strong>mal credit<br />

Natural capital assets:<br />

• Quality <strong>of</strong> water<br />

• Accessibility <strong>of</strong> drinking water<br />

• Availability <strong>of</strong> non-timber <strong>for</strong>est products<br />

• Erosion<br />

• Access/distance to <strong>for</strong>est reserves<br />

• Fire incidence<br />

Source: Aldrich, M. and Sayer, J. 2007. In Practice – Landscape Outcomes Assessment Methodology "LOAM".<br />

WWF <strong>Forest</strong>s <strong>for</strong> Life Programme. http://assets.panda.org/downloads/loaminpracticemay07.pdf<br />

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