Data was collected through a range of methods to understand
the social processes around the distribution of ecosystem services
and costs. Between November 2011 and February 2012 the lead
author lived in Teen Mauza and participated in daily livelihood
activities, including grazing, the collection of fuel wood, bamboo
and NTFPs, and agricultural activities. The lead author, with help of
the PEFESPA project research team, conducted a mixed-method
methodology of focus group meetings, a stratified household survey
(sampling rate 40%) and semi-structured interviews with key
informants using snowball sampling. The household survey was
conducted among 32 randomly selected households in three
different wealth strata (derived through community-verified wealth
ranking). It covered households’ demographics, occupation, assets,
land ownership and livestock grazing, crop damage, forest governance,
and included a detailed fuel wood, timber and NTFP survey.
Survey results were analysed using SPSS statistical software