BIODIVERSITY-POVERTY EVIDENCE ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK
PART ONE: BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Author (s)
Date
Article/chapter Title
Journal /book title
volume, number, page numbers as relevant
Publisher
Place published
Summary
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PART TWO: EVIDENCE ASSESSMENT
SECTION A: BASIC INFORMATION
1. What is the dimension of poverty being discussed/targetted?:
Possible answers
Unspecified – poverty/livelihoods in
general
Income
Asset ownership
Food security
Health
Empowerment
NEED TO AGREE THE CATEGORIES
Data entry code
10
11
12
13
14
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2. What is the aspect of poverty being addressed?
Possible answers
Unspecified
Absolute/chronic
Absolute/temporal
Relative/chronic
Relative/temporal
Data entry code
10
11
12
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14
3. What component of biodiversity is discussed as affecting poverty?
Possible answers
Data entry code
10
11
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13
14
Unspecified – biodiversity in general
Genes/Germplasm
Specific resources (eg NTFPs)
Species (eg gorillas)
Groups of species (eg African plains
game)
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Guilds (eg pollinators)
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Ecosystems/habitats (eg a protected
area/forest)
4a: Where available provide the specific name - eg elephants
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4. What attribute of biodiversity is discussed as affecting poverty?
Possible answers
Unspecified
Diversity
Abundance/extent
Composition/uniqueness
Other (define)
Data entry code
10
11
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5. Does the evidence relate to a specific intervention?
Possible answers
No
Yes
Data entry code
0
1
5a) If YES: Is the intervention intended to be a conservation intervention, development
intervention or one that specifically links the two? (enter the code and then record the
actual intervention eg PES scheme in the next column)
Possible answers
Option 1 – Conservation intervention (eg
protected area)
Option 2 – Development intervention (eg
Agricultural development programme)
Option 3 – Linking intervention (eg
community based ecotourism)
Data entry code
5
6
7
6. What is the mechanism by which biodiversity affects poverty?
Possible answers
Direct use (eg harvesting)
Indirect use (eg ecosystem services
generated by biodiversity)
Non use (eg conservation jobs)
Human-wildlife conflict
Other (define)
Data entry code
10
11
12
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14
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6a: Specify the precise mechanism eg harvesting NTFPs, farming indigenous vegetables
etc
7. How does the mechanism affect poverty? (select all that apply)
Possible answers
Data entry code
It supports immediate subsistence needs
It generates income /tradeable surplus
It contributes to long term
security/resilience
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11
12
7a: Describe precisely how – eg it generates jobs; it insures against crop failure, etc
8. Does the evidence assess the direction of the impact of biodiversity on
poverty?
Possible answers
Data entry code
No
Yes positive
Yes negative
Yes neutral
Yes mixed
0
2
3
4
5
9. Where is the approach/research undertaken? Region (drop down list)
10. Where is the approach/research undertaken? Country (drop down list – chose
more than one if needed)
11. Where is the approach/research undertaken? Specific locality (eg village, PA)
12. Where is the approach/research undertaken? GIS coordinates if available
13. In which habitat/‘ecosystem’1 is the approach undertaken/research applied
to?
Possible answers
Data entry code
Informed by habitats list simplified from IUCN habitats list by BirdLife International for standardised use
across all regions for Important Bird Area first-level habitat classifications
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4
Coastline (includes2 shorelines, beaches, mud flats, salt flats,
salt marshes, mangroves, sand dunes)
Desert
Forest (includes subarctic and subantarctic)
Grassland (includes tundra, subarctic and subantarctic)
Introduced / Exotic vegetation
Montane
Savanna (includes dry and moist)
Marine (includes coral reefs, seagrass, estuaries)
Wetlands - inland (includes rivers, streams, creeks, irregular
rivers, freshwater lakes and pools, tundra wetlands)
Artificial landscapes eg aquaculture ponds, seasonally
flooded agricultural land etc
Artificial landscapes – terrestrial (includes arable land,
pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas)
Other…………………………
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11
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14. Does the evidence provide a measure of the poverty impact?
Possible answers
No
Yes
Data entry code
0
1
Elaborations made based on: IUCN Red List Habitat Classification Scheme (Version 3.0)
[http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/habitats-classification-schemever3]
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SECTION B: DETAILS OF EVIDENCE TYPE.
This section is intended to provide details on type of evidence presented so that users can
draw their own conclusions as to its quality
1. What is the source of evidence?
Possible answers
Data
code
10
11
12
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14
15
16
Book/book chapter
Conference proceedings
Peer-review published journal paper
Peer-review published grey literature
Published grey literature
Unpublished grey literature
Other
entry
2. What is the location of the primary authors/institution (chose from drop
down list of countries)
3. Is the evidence site-specific?
Possible answers
No - generic
Yes
Data entry code
0
1
4. What is the study design that generated the evidence?
Possible answers
Experimental (eg RCT)
Quasi experimental (eg before/after - not
randomly assigned)
Observational - eg case studies
Option 4 – not specified
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CATEGORISATION
Data entry code
10
11
12
13
5. What research methods were used to collect data?
Possible answers
Household survey
Focus groups
Informant interviews
Participant observation
Market analysis
(list to be further developed through data
extraction process )
Data entry code
10
11
12
13
14
15
6
16
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6. What kind of data is included in the evidence?
Possible answers
Data entry code
Primary /quantitative
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Primary/qualitative
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Secondary/Quantitative
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Secondary /Qualitative
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7. What was the unit of analysis and sample size? (for each answer record in
separate column the number of each unit or note as unrecorded)
Possible answers
Data entry code
individual
household
village/locality
region/district
country
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11
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8. What was the duration of study period (free text – note the number of weeks
or chose unrecorded)
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SECTION C: Evidence of understanding of biodiversity-poverty relationship
This section is intended to build up a description of the level of detail and
understanding of the biodiversity –poverty relationship that is addressed in the
evidence. The questions are based on our perceptions of contextual factors that
influence biodiversity-poverty linkages
1. Does the evidence mention the general biodiversity status of the
country/region?
Possible answers
No
Yes
Data entry code
0
1
1a: if yes record how described eg “biodiversity hotspot”
2. Does the evidence describe the biodiversity status of the site?
Possible answers
Data entry code
0
No
1
Yes
Not applicable (eg if not a site level 999
study)
2a: if yes record how described eg “intact”; “degraded” etc
3. Does the evidence mention the general poverty status of the country/region?
Possible answers
No
Yes
Data entry code
0
1
3a: if yes record how described eg “LDC” “ poor country”
4. Does the evidence describe the poverty /socio economic status of the site?
Possible answers
Data entry code
0
1
No
Yes
Not applicable (eg if not a site level 999
study)
4a: if yes record how described eg “low income”; “high child mortality” etc
5. Does the evidence give any indication of the natural resource governance
regime at the site?
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Possible answers
No
Yes
Not applicable
Data entry code
0
1
999
5a) If YES: what is the governance regime?
Possible answers
Data entry code
Option 1: State controlled
Option 2: Privately owned
Option 3: Community managed
Option 4: Co-managed
Other (define)
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6. Does the evidence mention the resource rights regime?
Possible answers
No
Yes - Mentioned
Yes – effects analysed (provide further
details in narrative form if relevant)
Not applicable
Data entry code
0
2
3
999
7. Does the evidence mention the land tenure regime?
Possible answers
No
Yes - Mentioned
Yes – effects analysed (provide further
details in narrative form if relevant)
Not applicable
Data entry code
0
2
3
999
8. Does the evidence mention the power relations?
Possible answers
No
Yes - Mentioned
Yes – effects analysed (provide further
details in narrative form if relevant)
Not applicable
Data entry code
0
2
3
999
9
9. Does the evidence consider possible trade-offs/costs as well as benefits?
Possible answers
No
Yes - Mentioned
Yes – effects analysed (provide further
details in narrative form if relevant)
Not applicable
Data entry code
0
2
3
999
10
SECTION D: DETAIL OF OUTCOMES
1. What measure of poverty impact has been used? (see A14)
Description (eg jobs created, income generated, no of people affected, GDP earnings)
2. Does the evidence assess the scale of impact (no of beneficiaries)?
Possible answers
Data entry code
No
Yes
0
1
If YES record number (individuals, households etc)
2. Does the evidence consider distributional impacts?
Possible answers
No
Yes - Mentioned
Yes – different groups identified (eg
gender, indigenous, wealth groups
etc)Specifics are identified
Yes - Detail on specifics is provided
(provide details in narrative box)
Not applicable
Data entry code
0
2
3
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999
3. Does the evidence consider the duration of impact?
Possible answers
No
Yes
Data entry code
0
1
If yes specify short term, long term etc
4. Does the evidence consider whether the outcome is replicable elsewhere?
Possible answers
Data entry code
0
No
1
Yes
If YES provide details
5. Does
the evidence include consideration
limits/tipping points of achieving the outcome?
of
the
thresholds/boundary
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Possible answers
No
Yes - Mentioned
Yes - Specifics are identified (provide
narrative details in separate column)
Not applicable
6.
Data entry code
0
2
3
999
Is there consideration of how costs and benefits/impacts might vary across
different spatial scales?
Possible answers
No
Yes - Mentioned
Yes - Specifics are identified (provide
narrative details in separate column)
Data entry code
0
2
3
7. Does the evidence consider if the use of biodiversity is sustainable?
Possible answers
No
Yes - Mentioned
Yes - Specifics are identified (provide
narrative details in separate column)
Not applicable
Data entry code
0
2
3
999
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