1.
Purpose of monitoring
• Track changes in various social and ecological indicators at village and landscape
level
• understanding changes in biomass, standing carbon stock, biodiversity, vegetation
density and fodder productivity on community managed forest and other
common lands in comparison to unmanaged common lands
• Changes in the vegetation structure and composition over time

2.
Parameters of data collection
• Latitude, longitude and elevation
• Slope (in degree) and direction
• Soil Erosion
• livestock use
• damage by insects/pests
• fire damage or charcoal burning
• organic matter (soil hummus layer)
• Percent crown cover
• Shrub/Saplings/Stump- Height and maximum girth
• Tree- GBH and Height

3.
Layout of Sample Point
Boundary demarcation of site
Sampling using grid/ Line Transect
Plot layout: Nested quadrant method
Methodology…