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Number of Questions

A. Perceptions on the general meaning of owning a bamboo-tree garden

5

A1

Socioeconomic status of the owners considered as rich (A1-1) and respected (A1-2)

2

A2

Importance of maintaining culture/tradition as an inherited family asset (A2-1) and as inheritance to descendants (A2-2)

2

A3

Economic benefit obtained by selling products

1

B. Perceptions on the functions of bamboo-tree gardens

9

B1

Economic functions as source of income (B1-1), family savings (B1-2), and asset to leave as inheritance (B1-3)

3

B2

Social functions of providing free fuelwood to other villagers in form of dead trees (B2-1) and branches (B2-2)

2

B3

Ecological functions as providing wildlife habitat (B3-1), recharging and storing water (B3-2), preventing soil erosion (B3-3), and a place for tree growing (B3-4)

4

C. Perceptions on bamboo-tree garden management

9

C1

Frequency of actual management activities such as fertilizer application (C1-1), control of diseases and pests (C1-2), pesticide input (C1-3), manual weeding (C1-4), maintaining and regenerating trees (C1-5), and making terraces (C1-6)

6

C2

Knowledge of management techniques for improving the productivity of the garden itself

1

C3

Maintenance requirements as financial (C3-1) and time (C3-2) costs

2

D. Perceptions on bamboo-tree garden decline and causal factors

5

D0

Recognition that the area of bamboo-tree gardens in the village is declining

1

D1

Perceived reason for land conversion is to create cash-crop gardens (D1-1) or settlements and home gardens (D1-2)

2

D2

Perceived cause of conversion is the economic benefit of land conversion to other uses

1

D3

Perceived cause of conversion is the lack of government concern and support

1

E. Perceptions on the importance of bamboo-tree gardens and ways of preserving them

5

E0

Willingness to preserve bamboo-tree gardens in the village

1

E1

Necessity of economic improvement by more intensive management (E1-1) and increasing the market value of products (E1-2)

2

E2

Necessity of supporting programs such as providing suitable tree seeds/seedlings (E2-1) and reducing land tax (E2-2)

2