Author: R. Vernooy, Jan 2015
Around the world, women farmers are taking a leading role in implementing strategies aimed at crop variety conservation and diversification, with the goal of strengthening local climate change adaptation capacities. That is the message... Find out more
Authors: R. Hall, S. Lovera, Global Forest Coalition, Jan 2009
It is crucial for international and national aspects of any forest conservation regime, programme and project to fully involve women, indigenous peoples and small farmers. This publication looks at the strategies of non-governmental and... Find out more
Author: T. Cannon, Routledge, Jul 2002
Bangladesh has experienced a number of high-profile disasters, including cyclones and annual floods. Vulnerability to disasters in Bangladesh correlates strongly with poverty, and it is widely accepted that women make up a disproportionate... Find out more
Author: E. Boyd, Routledge, Jul 2002
Since the United Nations Kyoto Protocol was agreed in 1997 and set legally-binding targets for signatories to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions; forest cultivation has been promoted as an important means to reduce carbon dioxide... Find out more
Author: I. Dankalman, Taylor and Francis Group, Jul 2002
Is climate change gender neutral? This article argues that it is not. Gender roles and relations interact with the causes and impacts of climate change in five key areas:- gender-specific resource-use and management patterns that can... Find out more
Author: M. Hill Rojas, Managing Ecosystems and Resources with Gender Emphasis, Jun 2000
The MERGE programme (Managing Ecosystems and Resources with Gender Emphasis) is a collaborative network of Latin American organisations involved in applying a gender, participatory focus to work with communities in the management of... Find out more
Author: M. Schmink, Managing Ecosystems and Resources with Gender Emphasis, Jun 1999
The MERGE programme (Managing Ecosystems and Resources with Gender Emphasis) is a collaborative network of Latin American organisations involved in applying a gender, participatory focus to work with communities in the management of... Find out more
The World Conservation Union, Jan 2004
For more than two years preceding the publication of this book, through the contributions of researchers from Latin America, and the financial support of the International Development Research Center (IDRC), the The World Conservation... Find out more
Author: G, Johnsson-Latham, Gender and Environment /Genero y ambiente, Jan 2007
How can a gender perspective facilitate more sustainable economic growth and well-being for all? This paper, which was presented at the 15th meeting of the United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development in May 2007, grapples with... Find out more
Genanet, Jan 2005
In 2005, 23 participants gathered to discuss gender and climate change related research, and its role and use in women's / gender related advocacy in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process. Three... Find out more