Qualitative data on socio-economic characteristics from seven villages in Mabalane, Mozambique

This dataset contains the transcripts of interviews and discussion groups from seven villages in the Mabalane district, Gaza province, Mozambique. The seven villages were selected from a forest degradation gradient running from villages with abundant undisturbed forest areas to those with degraded forests, mainly driven by charcoal production. The villages had similar infrastructure, soils, rainfall, and vegetation types. The dataset contains information on seasonality, how availability and use of products from the forest has changed over time (trend analysis), wealth ranking within the villages and differences between wealth statuses, and profiles/characteristics of each village. Interviews were conducted with groups in each village or the leader of the village, between May and September 2014. Data were collected as part of a project funded under the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) programme.

本数据集收录了莫桑比克加扎省马巴兰区七个村庄的访谈和讨论组记录。这七个村庄沿森林退化梯度选取，梯度从拥有丰富未受干扰森林区域的村庄延伸至以木炭生产为主导的退化森林区域。所选村庄在基础设施、土壤、降雨量和植被类型上具有相似性。数据集包含了季节性信息、森林产品可用性和使用随时间变化的趋势分析、村庄内的财富排名及其财富状况差异，以及每个村庄的概况/特征。访谈于2014年5月至9月期间，在每个村庄的群体或村庄领导者中进行。数据收集是作为一项在生态系统服务减贫（ESPA）计划下资助的项目的一部分。