ABSTRACT
This enlightening book brings together the work of gender and forestry specialists from various backgrounds and fields of research and action to analyse global gender conditions as related to forests. Using a variety of methods and approaches, they build on a spectrum of theoretical perspectives to bring depth and breadth to the relevant issues and address timely and under-studied themes.
Focusing particularly on tropical forests, the book presents both local case studies and global comparative studies from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, as well as the US and Europe. The studies range from personal histories of elderly American women’s attitudes toward conservation, to a combined qualitative / quantitative international comparative study on REDD+, to a longitudinal examination of oil palm and gender roles over time in Kalimantan. Issues are examined across scales, from the household to the nation state and the global arena; and reach back to the past to inform present and future considerations.
The collection will be of relevance to academics, researchers, policy makers and advocates with different levels of familiarity with gender issues in the field of forestry.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|32 pages
Introduction
part II|136 pages
Gender and climate change
chapter 3|18 pages
Living conservation values
chapter 4|15 pages
The Forest Kingdom and values
chapter 6|17 pages
Forest conservation in Central and West Africa
chapter 7|20 pages
Gender and forest decentralization in Cameroon
chapter 9|19 pages
Unveiling The complexity of gender and adaptation
part III|50 pages
Gender and tenure
part IV|42 pages
Gender and value chains
part V|59 pages
Longstanding and emerging gendered issues