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1. Village Survey
Kongoussi (Burkina Faso)
• 10 communities
• 422 participants
• 392 forms (stage of poverty, settlement form, forest form, product form, association form)
Cassou (Burkina Faso)
• 18 communities
• 606 participants
• 718 forms (stage of poverty, settlement form, forest form, product form, association form)
Walembelle (Ghana)
• 18 communities
• 572 participants
• 666 forms (stage of poverty, settlement form, forest form, product form, association form)
2. Household Survey
Kongoussi (Burkina Faso)
• 10 communities
• 300 households
• 300 forms (sentinel landscape household module)
Cassou (Burkina Faso)
• 10 communities
• 300 households
• 300 forms (sentinel landscape household module)
Walembelle (Ghana)
• 10 communities
• 300 households
• 300 forms (sentinel landscape household module)
3. Land Degradation and Surveillance Framework (LDSF)
Two sites sampled:
• Kongoussi (Burkina Faso)
• Cassou (Burkina Faso)
Two more to be sampled:
• Walembelle (Ghana)
• Bawku (Ghana)
Land degradation and surveillance framework (LDSF) ground sampling hierarchy:
Level Area (ha) Number
Sentinel site 10,000 4
Cluster 100 16 per sentinel site
Plot 0.1 10 per cluster
Sub-plot 0.01 4 per plot
LDSF ground sampling measurements:
Land-use history and land cover
• Composite soil samples
• Vegetation description
• Biophysical constraints measurement
• Erosion prevalence
• Above-ground biodiversity
• Woody cover and distribution

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