Local perception of ecosystem services and their conservation in Sudanian savannas of Burkina Faso (West Africa)

Table 7 Average score and rank of suggested solutions for ecosystem conservation among different groups in the sample

Informants	Awareness of degradation	Fire prohibition	Subsidy from the government	Inspection and reforestation	Inclusive management
Global	2.27	1.75	*1.42*	1.28	0.95
Age classes
Young	2.25	1.98	*1.40*	1.08	0.80
Adult	2.43	*1.62*	1.65	1.16	0.94
Elders	2.00	*1.64*	1.04	1.81	1.23
Sociocultural groups
Dagara_B	2.40	0.92	2.78	*1.46*	1.20
Dagara_D	2.84	3.52	0.80	*1.30*	0.26
Pougouli	2.25	2.45	0.30	*1.55*	1.40
Mossi_B	2.05	*1.00*	1.60	0.75	0.50
Mossi_N	1.92	1.40	*1.14*	1.04	0.76
Kassena	2.02	1.20	1.34	*1.40*	1.58
Gender
Men	2.44	1.20	1.64	*1.33*	1.28
Women	2.10	2.31	1.20	*1.22*	0.62

Emphasis: Bold—1st rank, italic—2nd rank, bold italics—3rd rank; Sociocultural groups: Dagara_B: Dagara of TWRB; Dagara_D: Dagara of CAD; Mossi_N: Mossi of GRN; Mossi_B: Mossi of TWRB

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