Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Indicator
Facet of
Other data
Strengths
Drawbacks
sustainability
required
Social setting
Consumption
Social,
—
Can relate to both biological
Consumption may be a very biased measure of
levels by
biological
sustainability and to social
actual harvest mortality if there is significant
households
sustainability through
wastage or unmonitored trade.
contribution of harvesting to
livelihoods and food security.
Can be triangulated with
amounts on sale in market.
Consumer
Social,
Actual
Can be useful in predicting
Preferences are complex to disentangle from price
preferences for
financial
consumption
potential changes in hunting
and availability, and may change with
harvested good
levels e.g. through changes in
circumstances.
and alternatives
demand for the harvested good.
Availability of
Social,
Preferences,
Useful for assessing
Availability is complex to disentangle from price
alternative foods
financial
prices
contribution of hunting to
and preferences, and may change with
livelihoods and options
circumstances.
for policy intervention.
Market price of
Social,
—
Price may give indication of
Price is the outcome of supply and demand
product and
financial
market structure, which is of
dynamics for the hunted good and its alternatives
alternatives
policy relevance. Relatively
and hence can have multiple causation.
easy data to obtain.
