ANNEXES
Annexe 1 : Questionnaire administré lors de
l'enquête sociale
Questionnaire - Household survey
This survey is part of a study to better understand the
interactions between people and wild animals around the Aralam Wildlife
Sanctuary. The objective of the survey is to find out what people think about
wildlife and what are the problems associated with the wild animals. All
answers will be kept confidential and considered anonymous.
Household Id No : Location (lat./long.) :
Date:
Basic Information:
1. How many years have you been living here?
2. What is the main source of income of the family? 1) Farming
2) Agricultural
Labour 3) Non-agricultural Labour 4) Other:
3. Are you cultivating your land? 1) Subsistence 2)
Commercial
3) No cultivation If yes, what do you cultivate?
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Do you have domestic animals? 1) Cows 2) Goats 3) Chickens 4)
Dogs 5)
Others .
5. Do you collect natural resources from the surroundings? 1)
Firewood 2)
Water 3) Medicinal plants 4) Others :
If yes, how far are you going from your home (in minutes)
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6. Did you receive any income or benefit from the wildlife
sanctuary? 1) Yes 2) No
If yes: What?
7. Did you receive any income or benefit from the Aralam farm?
1) Yes 2) No
If yes: What?
Human-wildlife conflict:
8. Are you experiencing problems with wild animals? 1) Yes 2)
No
9. What kind of problems? 1) Crop raiding 2) Material damages 3)
Physical injuries 4) Insecurity 5)
Other:
10. Which species are involved?
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Crop raiding
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Material Damages
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Physical injuries
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Insecurity
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Elephants
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Wild boars
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Monkeys
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Sambars
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Tigers
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Wild dogs
11. Which specie is most problematic?
12. How often are the animals coming?
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Conflicts Once
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in a year More
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than once in the year
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Every month
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Every week
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Sambars
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13. How often are the crops raided?
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Conflicts Once
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in a year More
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than once in the year
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Every month Every
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week
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Never
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14. Which crop are raided? a. By elephants:
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By wild pigs:
c. By monkeys:
d. By sambars:
e. .:
f. :
15. Which crop are damaged? a. By elephants:
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By wild pigs:
c. By monkeys:
d. By sambars:
e. .:
f. :
16. Which month are the raids most intense?
17. At what time of the day the raids are likely to occur? 1)
Dusk 2) Daytime 3)
Dawn 4) Night
18. Why do you think the wild animals are coming out of the
sanctuary? 1) Lack of forage in the sanctuary 2) Lack of water 3) Crop
preferences 4)
Other:
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Have you applied for compensation? 1) Yes 2) No
If yes, have you received compensation? 3) Yes 4) No
If no,
why?:
20. Are the raid increasing in the past years? 1) Highly
increasing 2) Increasing 3) Stable 4) Decreasing
If increasing, why? 1) Wildlife population increases 2) People
and
theirs activities 3) Wildlife behavior 4) Preventive measures
inadequate 5) Other :
21. How much do you feel the wild animals are impacting your
life? 1) Not at all 2) A
bit 3) A lot
22. Were you experiencing conflict with wild animals in your
previous home?
23. What kind of measures are you taking to prevent the
conflicts? Are these measures effective?
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Yes/No
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Not effective
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Partly Effective
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Effective
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Guarding
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Tissu barriers
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Wooden barriers
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Biofencing
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Metal barriers
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Scarecrows
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Dogs
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Noise deterrents
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Visual deterrents
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Management and resolution of conflicts
24. What is wildlife for you?
25. Are some of the local wildlife particularly important to the
local people, their
livelihood or the nature in the area? 1) Yes 2) No
If yes, which species and why?
26. Do you think wild animals should be protected? 1) Yes 2)
No
If yes, why:
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Do you feel the forest authorities are doing a good job to manage
the animals?
28. What should be done to reduce the conflicts?
a. Better fencing
b. Relocate people
c. Relocate problematic animals
d. Kill problematic animals
e. Support for alternative source of income/crops
f. Better compensation
g. Increase the number of forest guards
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29. Are you involved in one the EcoDevelopment committees? 1) Yes
2) No
30. Are you involved in another committee regarding the wildlife
conflicts? 1) Yes 2) No
31. Would you be interested to be involved in the management
of conflicts? 1) Yes No)
a. Give your opinion to the wildlife sanctuary
b. Participate in a committee supported by the wildlife
sanctuary
c. Participate in a village comitee (only the people
32. Extra suggestions, informations?
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Other
33. Gender : 1) Male 2) Female
34. Age :
35. Highest education :
36. Number of person in the household : Adults Children
(below 18)
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