International Survey on UNESCO Biosphere Reserves (local communities)

1. Gender:

5. The name of the BR you live in:

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?

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:

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)：

12. Are you involved in actions of the BR to address climate change?

Which tasks have you mainly been involved in?

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.)