Criterion L1: Meeting basic needs and sustaining natural resources
To meet their basic needs residents in the landscape need to have food, potable (clean) water, energy, shelter, healing products and services, and cash. To sustain the flows of natural resources upon which these goods and services depend, the stocks must be guarded from over-exploitation and degradation. Table here. Click here for table of indicators for [...]
Conceptual Models
A conceptual model depicts relationships among factors that are believed to affect the achievement of specified goals, or lead to desired outcomes. Creating a conceptual model helps members of your leadership team develop a shared understanding of factors to take into account in order to bring about significant change. In turn, the model can be used to communicate this understanding to other [...]
5.6 Documenting your baseline measures
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5.4 Deciding where and how densely to sample
Sampling Basics What is sampling? Deciding on a method. There are a variety of ways to choose samples for study within a landscape. The sampling method will depend on the phenomena of interest. For example, studies of mammals in a forested area or soil from a field would be randomly sampled from the area being investigated. [...]
5.3 Creating a Base Map
A base map is a spatial representation of your landscape as it is at the present time. No matter how rudimentary the technology may be that you have available for making maps, it is important to create a base map that defines boundaries and depicts key feature that stakeholders recognize. While you may decide to [...]
5.2 Creating a measurement plan
Your measurement plan documents the what, how, when, where and who of populating the indicators you have chosen with data. It also specifies how and by whom the data will be analyzed to produce useful information about your landscape. The Landscape Measurement Planner may be useful in guiding the development of your data. The Data [...]
5.1 Deciding what to measure
Guidelines for choosing what indicators to measure: To help your team derive the most strategic indicators to measure, develop a conceptual model that depicts relationships among factors that affect the types of changes you hope to see in your landscape. A variety of tools are available to help you construct your ‘theory of change’. Examine [...]
Land Care Philippines – Measuring Change in Income and Assets
The Landcare Program begun in the Philippines in 1996 provides local farmers, landowners, and community members with information on sustainable agriculture, environmental issues, new technologies, and innovations for institutions. The intensive program inspired and encouraged many to set examples in conservation, community building, and income and asset building; thereby moving their landscape from previously degraded areas [...]
Water Productivity
Water productivity links the water consumed with the outputs produced. Just as “crop yield” is the productivity of land, often measured as kilograms per hectare or tons per acre, water productivity of the same crop is measured as the “crop per drop”, for instance as kilograms of rice or wheat per cubic meter of water [...]
Global Positioning Systems in Landscape Data Development
Global positioning systems (GPS) enable the development of ground-based data through the use of satellites which accurately determine the position and altitude of any point on Earth. Handheld GPS units, which weigh only a few ounces and cost as little as $100, tend to be accurate to within 2-20 meters, depending on the model. While [...]
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