social

Social indicators measure ways communities use leadership and livelihood skills and invest wildlife revenues in activities that benefit household livelihoods. Ideally, community leaders will also have the skills to monitor these benefits and assess if they contribute to improvements in the conservation of their natural resources. The example below shows one case where there was a positive relationship.
	Community leaders at the VAG level are taught to keep accurate census data on their community. This provides a clearer understanding of the age groups and relative proportions by gender who seek assistance from ADMADE.

In one VAG, a food security committee was formed and an inventory of food stocks for each household was recorded. This gave valuable information on which households were most vulnerable and how vulnerable the community as whole was to starvation and increased risks of poaching in the area.

The same VAG began to invest its resources in programs to reduce food shortages and improve production of crops in their area. From 1998 to 2000, household food security had improved 10-fold and corresponding change in snaring based on percentage of safari clients who encountered snares was a 2-fold decrease.