Study Limitations

The results presented in this report provide important insights into how widely the CIFORGuidelinesand Toolkit have been disseminated, how they are being used, and how they could be improved. However, the results need to be interpreted within the context of our study methods. Several methodological limitations may affect the results. First, our survey was conducted among a convenience sample and thus may not be representative of the full population of intended users of the CIFOR resources. The primary barrier to generating a representative sample is the lack of a well-defined list of intended users from which to draw