Measuring socioeconomic outcomes of forest and watershed restoration : state of the field
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Date
2012
Authors
Davis, Emily Jane
Moseley, Cassandra
Medley-Daniel, Michelle
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Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon
Abstract
The USDA Forest Service has emphasized how forest and watershed restoration can support jobs
and economic development. However, the Forest Service currently has few performance measures
to track the socioeconomic outcomes of restoration. There are a number of monitoring guidebooks
that suggest measures for these impacts. Taken together these guidebooks offer hundreds of related
indicators that can be organized into four major categories: adaptive capacity, economic impacts, social
equity, and provision of ecosystem services. Building on these measures, the Forest Service can find
ways to document its diverse roles in fostering socioeconomic resilience.
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2 pages