ABSTRACT
Gender and human diversity are critical dimensions of sustainable forest management (SFM) and human well-being (HWB). They are at the core of management decisions, tensions, and opportunities in tropical forestry. They also are complex and raise uncomfortable questions about the status quo and, as such, often appear to fit poorly with ambitious management or research agendas. For these reasons, despite their pivotal place in progress toward sustainable forestry, gender and diversity are often underplayed or even avoided in assessments of research and forest management.
