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Title
Guide 2.0 to the Modified Basic Necessities Survey: Why and How to Conduct Digital-Based BNS in Conservation Landscapes
Author(s)
Detoeuf, D.;Wieland, M.; Wilkie, D.
Published
2018
Published Version DOI
https://doi.org/10.19121/2020.Report.38385
Abstract
This manual is offered as a practical guide to implementing the Basic Necessities Survey (BNS) that was originally developed by Rick Davies (http://mande.co.uk/special-issues/the-basic-necessities-survey/), and was modified and then field-tested by WCS. The modified Basic Necessities Survey is imperfect, in that it does not attempt to answer all questions that could be asked about the impact of conservation (or development) actions on people’s well-being. But it is the perfect core to a livelihood monitoring program, because it provides essential information about people’s well-being from their perspective over time, and implementing a modified BNS is easy enough that it does not preclude gathering additional household information that a conservation project feels they need to adaptively manage their activities.
Keywords
governance; livelihoods; Indigenous peoples
Additional Notes
French language and Portuguese language versions also available.
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