1. ABOUT THE DATASET -------------------- Title: Local climate impacts of forests: comparing NGO knowledge with current research Creator(s): Nike H. Doggart 1, Dominick V. Spracklen 1, Carly L. Reddington 1 Organisation(s): Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth, Environment and Sustainability, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK Rights-holder(s): Copyright 2026 Nike Doggart. Publication Year: 2026 Description: This dataset includes the results of two questionnaires completed by conservation practitioners working primarily with tropical non-governmental organisations. The questionnaires investigate knowledge use and knowledge needs in relation to local climate impacts of tropical forests. Also included are: results of focus group discussions around the same subject and results of a semi-systematic literature review of research publications (2019 - 2023) on local climate impacts of forests. Cite as: Nike Doggart, Dominick V Spracklen, Carly L Reddington (2026): Local climate impacts of forests: comparing NGO knowledge with current research. [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.5518/1607 Related publication: Doggart, NH, Spracklen, DV, Reddington, CL, Butt, EW, Cuthbert, RJ, McEvoy, M, Meshack, CK, Ali Nawaz, M, Pandy, M. 2026. The impact of tropical forests on local climate: comparing recent research with conservation practitioner information priorities. People and Nature. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70375 Contact: Nike Doggart ndoggart@tfcg.or.tz 2. TERMS OF USE --------------- Copyright 2026 Nike Doggart. This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. 3. PROJECT AND FUNDING INFORMATION ---------------------------------- Title: DECAF Funding organisation: European Research Council Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme Title: Climate Adaptation from Forest Ecosystems Grant no.: 771492 Funding organisation: Natural Environment Research Council Grant no.: NE/Z00005X/1 Funding organisation: UK Research and Innovation Grant no.: EP/Y030222/1 4. CONTENTS ----------- File Name: Doggart_Literature_Review_Results_Data_15_05_2026 Summary: Results of the semi-systematic literature review. Worksheet name: ReadMe. Contents: - Description of the Boolean syntax used in Scopus and Web of Science to identify references for inclusion in the review. - Key to column headings / variables used in the worksheet S1 Literature Review Results Worksheet name: S1 Literature review results Number of variables: 59 Number of cases / rows: 863 List of variables Publication code Unique number given to each publication Eligibility Results of the eligibility assessment for the publication where 1 = meets criteria; 2 = does not meet criteria Authors Authors with initials Author Full Names Author full names Article Title Article title Source Title Name of the journal or other publication in which the article was published. Language Language of the article. Document Type Article type. Author Keywords Keywords provided by authors Keywords Plus Index terms automatically generated from the titles of cited articles Abstract Article summaries Addresses Addresses of the articles' authors Affiliations Institutional affiliations for the articles' authors. ORCIDs ORCIDs for the articles authors. Times Cited, All Databases Number of times the article has been cited. Publisher Publisher of the journal / article. ISSN International Standard Serial Number, an 8-digit code used to identify newspapers, journals, magazines and periodicals of all kinds and on all media–print and electronic. Publication Year Year of publication Volume Volume number for the journal Issue Issue number for the journal Part Number Part number of the issue for the journal Supplement Supplement number for the journal Start Page Page number of the first page of the article End Page Page number of the last page of the article Article Number Number of the article DOI DOI number for the article DOI Link Hyper link for the article based on its doi Early Access Date Early Access Date for the article Number of Pages Number of pages for the article Open Access Designations Access Designation for the article e.g. gold, green, bronze Analysis results for the geographical scope of the article. Column headings Geographical Scope Global Analysis results for the geographical scope of the article. Global coverage. Pan-tropical Analysis results for the geographical scope of the article. Includes multiple tropical zones. Africa Analysis results for the geographical scope of the article. Restricted to parts of / all of Africa. Asia and the Indo-Pacific Analysis results for the geographical scope of the article. Restricted to parts of / all of Asia and the Indo-Pacific. South America Analysis results for the geographical scope of the article. Restricted to parts of / all of South America. Central America and the Caribbean Analysis results for the geographical scope of the article. Restricted to parts of / all of Central America / Caribbean. Multi-national. Analysis results for the geographical scope of the article. Includes two or more countries. National. Analysis results for the geographical scope of the article. Limited to a single country with research at national scale. Sub-national. Analysis results for the geographical scope of the article. Limited to a sub-national area such as a district or village. Intervention Stable forest Analysis results. 1 = the article considers climate impacts of stable forest. Deforestation Analysis results. 1 = the article considers climate impacts of deforestation Forestation Analysis results. 1 = the article considers climate impacts of forestation (afforestation, reforestation) Other Analysis results. 1 = the article considers some other intervention. Other Analysis results. Description of the other intervention considered by the article. Climate impact Precipitation Analysis results. 1 = the article considers the impact of forests / deforestation / forestation on precipitation. Temperature Analysis results. 1 = the article considers the impact of forests / deforestation / forestation on temperature Other Analysis results. 1 = the article considers the impact of forests / deforestation / forestation on another aspect of climate. Other Analysis results. Description of the other climate impact / measure, considered by the article. Outcome Health Analysis results. 1 = the article considers the health outcome associated with the local climate impact of forests. Economy Analysis results. 1 = the article considers the economic outcome associated with the local climate impact of forests. Biodiversity Analysis results. 1 = the article considers the biodiversity outcome associated with the local climate impact of forests. Agriculture Analysis results. 1 = the article considers the agricultural outcome associated with the local climate impact of forests. Considered outcomes Analysis results. The number of outcomes considered by the article. Other Analysis results. Other outcomes considered by the article. Publication model Gold Analysis results. Publication model: gold open access. 1 = Gold is the highest category of open access applicable to this publication. Green Analysis results. Publication model: green open access. 1 = Green is the highest category of open access applicable to this publication. Bronze only Analysis results. Publication model: bronze open access. 1 = Bronze is the highest category of open access applicable to this publication. Not open access Analysis results. Publication model: not open access. 1 = the article is not open access. It does not fall into any of the other categories. Hybrid Analysis results. Publication model: hybrid access. 1 = the article is hybrid access. Author affiliations include an environmental NGO. 1 = Yes; 2 = No Analysis of whether or not the institutional affiliations listed for the authors include NGOs where 1 = yes; 2 = no. File name: Online_Questionnaire_Documentation_02_02_2026 Summary: Questions and response options for an online questionnaire sent to NGO representatives invited to attend the 2023 World Land Trust partner symposium. Pages: 3 File name: Inperson_Questionnaire_Documentation_02_02_2026 Summary: Questions and response options for an in-person questionnaire completed by NGO representatives invited to attend the 2023 World Land Trust partner symposium. Pages: 6 File name: Data_Questionnaire_and_FGD_15_05_2026 Summary: Results of the study's in-person questionnaire, online questionnaire and focus group discussions around NGO knowledge status, use and needs in relation to local climate impacts of forests. Worksheet name: 01_In-Person Questionnaire Worksheet summary: Results of in-person questionnaires completed by 51 participants at the 2023 World Land Trust partner symposium. Number of columns: 52 Number of cases / rows: 51 Number of questions: 17 Row 6: Question numbers as indicated in the questionnaire. Row 7: Questions as stated in the questionnaire Row 8: Response options, as stated in the questionnaire Rows 9 – 59: Responses. One row per respondent. Worksheet name: 01a_Adjusted_Rankings Worksheet summary: Results of the ordinary least squares (OLS) calculations for questions 1a, 4a, 6a, 7, 8a, 9. See paper for details. Number of columns: 59 Number of cases / rows: 51 Row 1: Question numbers and questions as indicated in the in-person questionnaire. Row 2: Data description for subsequent rows, either Original Values or Adjusted Values (results of the OLS) Row 3: Response options, as stated in the questionnaire Rows 4 - 54: Responses. One row per respondent. For all adjusted values, the OLS calculations are retained. Worksheet name: 02_Online questionnaire Worksheet summary: Results of online questionnaires completed by participants invited to the 2023 World Land Trust partner symposium. Completed prior to the symposium using Google Forms. All participants were invited to complete the questionnaire. Not all participants chose to complete the questionnaire. Only 38 responses were received. Number of columns: 18 Number of cases / rows: 38 Number of questions: 17 Row 6: Question numbers and questions as stated in the questionnaire. Row 7: Response options, as stated in the questionnaire Rows 8 - 45: Responses. One row per respondent. Worksheet name: 03_Focus_Groups Worksheet summary: Results of focus group discussions around NGO knowledge status and use of information on local climate impacts of forests. Participants were divided into three groups: A, B and C. Each group was asked to respond on four topics (row 7). Two groups only tackled three of the four topics. Group C did not discuss 'Framing the issue'. Group A did not discuss 'toolkit design'. Row 7: Discussion topics Rows 8 – 30: Results. Key points made during the focus group discussions. Number of columns: 11 Number of topics: 4 Group Name: Groups were named A, B or C Column B: Key comments made by groups around the topic 'Different ways to frame forest-climate benefits' Column E: Key comments made by groups around the topic 'Experiences of forest - local climate connections' Column H: Key comments made by groups around the topic 'Conservation - Science Linkages' Column K: Key comments made by groups around the topic 'Design recommendations for a decision-support tool on forest-climate benefits' 5. METHODS ---------- Systematic literature review. The data was generated through Scopus and Web of Science using the Boolean syntax specified in the ReadMe worksheet of the file 'Data_Literature_Review_Results_02_02_2026'. Online questionnaire. Using Google Forms. Questionnaire was distributed to invited participants to the 2023 World Land Trust Symposium for completion online prior to the symposium. In-person questionnaire. Hard copy questionnaires were distributed to participants at the 2023 World Land Trust Symposium for immediate completion. Results were transcribed into Excel and anonymised. Focus Group Discussions. Facilitated discussions around four key themes. Key points were noted. Three groups: A, B and C. Further details on methods available in the related publication. See Section 1.