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Survey on the relationships between forests and human well-being in Healthy Forest Regions

(targeted at residents of the respective Healthy Forest Regions)

This survey is a part of European-wide project ‘Healthy Forest Regions: Supporting healthy forest ecosystems for human well-being in forest regions’ whose objective is to safeguard forest ecosystem functionality also securing positive effects on sustainable regional development.

Your answers to the following questions will help us assess important traits of Healthy Forest Regions and how they contribute towards general functionality of the given region as well as towards regional human wellbeing. In addition, your responses will aid towards a better understanding of the region from the perspective of the local residents and contribute towards developing a general strategy to safeguard forest ecosystem functionality for human wellbeing in Healthy Forest Regions.

The project focuses on human well-being, which may be defined as a complex combination of factors influencing person's mental and physical health. Well-being is how you feel about yourself and your life, which is strongly linked to happiness and satisfaction in life. 

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1.     GENERAL QUESTIONS

1.1. What are the first 3 – 5 things that come to your mind when you hear the word ‘forest’?

Please state 3 – 5 words only

1.2. What does forest mean to you?

Please provide a brief description

1.3. How often do you visit forest?

Please choose only one option

1.4. Which activities do you mainly do in the forest?

Please choose one or more options.

1.5. How far do you approximately live from the forest you use most frequently?

Choose one option

1.6. Please state the name of the forest you most frequently use, if possible:

2.     ECOSYSTEM SERVICES 

2.1. How important are forests and their services for your personal well-being? Forest as ...

Please assign a value on a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 = unimportant role and 5 = very important role

3.     HUMAN WELLBEING

Which roles do forests in your region play for your personal well-being?

Please assign a value to individual components of well-being on a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 = unimportant role and 5 = very important role

3.2. Is there anything you would like to change about the forest in your region to increase your personal wellbeing, e.g., health, livelihood, food and material supply, security, cultural identity or emotional balance?

Please briefly describe

4.     DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS

4.1. How old are you?

Choose only one option

4.2. Which of the following do you work in?

Please choose one or more options

4.3. What is the highest level of education you have achieved?

Choose only one option

4.4. Which stakeholder group do you most relate yourself with?

Please choose one or more options

4.5. Please state which gender do you identify yourself with.

Choose one option

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