ABSTRACT
This chapter begins by explaining how forestry culture is constituted through interconnecting elements of gender, class, and racialized identity. In Sweden, researchers have observed that women's knowledge about conservation and forest species is different from men's and they perceive social impacts of forest management differently from men. The national survey of public advisory committees revealed that, despite the explicit mandate of forest advisory committees to speak to the issues facing forestry communities. Confirming research elsewhere, the national survey of public advisory committees found that women and men had both shared and separate interests and values related to forest management. Reed and McIlveen concluded that community forestry became more closely allied to local industrial forestry than to the broader ideals that would admit a range of participants, knowledge systems, and cultural values. Beyond providing ideas about sustainable forest management, the chapter also reveals some challenges for academics who seek to integrate gender, race and class into their analyses.
