Gender and Sustainable Forest Management in East Africa and Latin America

Ecology and Society: a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability

Mwangi, Esther¹ 

关键词: forest management;    gender;    sustainability;    user groups;   

DOI  :  10.5751/ES-03873-160117

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Resilience Alliance Publications

【 摘 要 】

This paper presents a comparative study of forest management across four countries in East Africa and Latin America: Kenya, Uganda, Bolivia, and Mexico. It focuses on one question: Do varying proportions of women (low, mixed, high) in forest user groups influence their likelihood of adopting forest resource enhancing behavior? We found that higher proportions of females in user groups, and especially user groups dominated by females, perform less well than mixed groups or male dominated ones. We suggest that these differences may be related to three factors: gender biases in technology access and dissemination, a labor constraint faced by women, and a possible limitation to women

【 授权许可】

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