RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Natural Asset
The natural asset of the villagers under the D/S North Project was assessed through four important indicators included forest condition, forest production dependence, quality of water resource and soil condition. Nearly 89% of the respondent perceived that their natural asset became better after the project has been implemented, whereas only 1% claimed that their livelihood was getting worse and 10% perceived that their livelihood remained unchanged (Fig. 2). Forest, water and soil condition were investigated as the indicators of natural asset. Nearly 95% of the villagers perceived that the condition of the forest was increase while only 5% of the respondent perceived no change in condition of the forest but none of the respondent detected the decreasing of the forest. However, the forest condition is better but the villagers whose livelihood rely on the forest was decreasing as only about 4% of the respondent still live by using the forest product whereas 86% perceived that they stopped relying on the forest product. The better forest condition consequence the better water quality and soil condition as 80% and 92% of the respondent perceived the better water and soil condition, respectively.