Dear Residents of Biosphere,
We are pleased to invite you to participate in an online survey as part of the international research project “Effectiveness and Future Development Strategy of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Network”, led by UNESCO in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.The survey aims to assess the progress of Biosphere Reserves (BRs) worldwide and evaluate the effectiveness of the MAB Programme’s Strategic Objectives for 2015–2025. Your input will help identify gaps, capacity-building needs, and opportunities to support the implementation of the new framework – the Hangzhou Strategic Action Plan.The survey consists of three sections and will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. If you have any questions, suggestions, or need assistance, please feel free to contact us.All responses will be reviewed and analyzed by the research team and used solely for the purposes of this study. Preliminary findings will be shared during the 5th World Congress of Biosphere Reserves.Thank you very much for your time and valuable contribution.
Section A (about 5-10 minutes)
Please indicate your information:
1. Gender:
5. The name of the BR you live in:
Section B (about 15-25 minutes)
Please complete the following questions based on your knowledge of the BR (2015-2025) in which you live in:
Strategic Objective 1. Conserve biodiversity, restore and enhance ecosystem services, and foster the sustainable use of natural resources
1. According to you, from 2015 to 2025, the nature environment (including animals, plants) in the BR
What do you think is the reason for the improvement?
What do you think is the reason for the deterioration?
Strategic Objective 2. Contribute to building sustainable, healthy and equitable societies,economies and thriving human settlements in harmony with the biosphere
2. If you think the BR has brough benefit to local community, in what way?
3. Have you received any government compensation for living in a BR?
The government compensation is:
The proportion of government compensation to your income is:
4. Are you involved in the ecotourism industry within the BR?
The proportion of income obtained from ecotourism to your income is:
5. Are you involved in local agriculture/ forestry/ animal husbandry/ fisheries within the the BR?
The proportion of income obtained from local agriculture/ forestry/ animal husbandry/ fisheries to your income is:
6. Whether your income has increased?
The proportion of increase is
7. Does BR bring benefits the vulnerable groups living in it?
8. Has BR brought benefits to your life after its establishment?
You perceived benefits in what aspects?
9. Main conflicts or challenges due to the existence of the BR in your community:
Strategic Objective 3. Facilitate biodiversity and sustainability science, education
for sustainable development (ESD) and capacity building
10. Whether the BR has carried out any training or capacity building for residents?
Number of training or capacity building per year
Training content
11.Which processes related to BR’s management do you usually participate in?(Can choose more than one)：
Strategic Objective 4. Support mitigation and adaptation to climate change and other aspects of global environmental change
12. Are you involved in actions of the BR to address climate change?
Which tasks have you mainly been involved in?
Section C:
Open-ended question:
Are there any good practices in the BR that you think are worth promoting in terms of residents' well-being or its management? Or is there anything you are not satisfied with? (Your answers can include economic development, social welfare such as employment/education, ecological and environmental protection, etc.)
(Please ignore the advertisements shown after submitting the questionnaire.)
Evaluation object score
