Table 4. Examples of criteria for each of five principles drawn from different capital assets for three landscape types in southern Africa.



Principles for each
capital asset
Criteria
 
Arid woodlands on Kalahari sands
Miombo woodlands on nutrient poor soils
Dry woodlands on rich soils
Natural capital: Yield and quality of natural resource goods and services are maintained or improved.
Frequency of hot fires reduced.
Soil fertility levels in garden fields are maintained or improved.
Key resources for grazing are maintained.
 
Financial capital grows and is equitably distributed.
Revenues from logging
and hunting are increased and equitably distributed.
Revenues from communal water points are increased
and cover maintenance costs.
Livestock fund for recovery programs after droughts is maintained.
 
Physical capital is maintained or improved over time.
Firebreaks are maintained.
Numbers of bore holes for irrigation are increased.
Dip tanks are maintained.
 
Improved and equitable distribution of human capital.
Community business
skills in dealing with tourism operators are improved.
Community skills for
running micro-credit and water point committees are improved.
Community skills for dealing with livestock diseases are improved.
 
Social capital: Maintenance of a set of dynamic rules and norms.
Rules of access to the
forest and fire control
rules are maintained and improved.
Rules of access to
communal water points are adhered to.
Rules of access for grazing in different key resources are maintained.