This paper discusses the evolution of the roles of Brazilian women within one of the most prominent organizations of the…
Authors: Shanley, P.; Da Silva, F.C.; Macdonald, T.
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Is gender an important factor influencing user groups’ property rights and forestry governance?: Empirical analysis from East Africa and Latin America
Publication Year : 2011
This article explores the effects that gender composition of forest user groups has on property rights and forestry governance, based…
Authors: Sun, Y.; Mwangi, E.; Meinzen-Dick, R.
Scenario-based actions to upgrade small-scale furniture producers and their impacts on women in Central Java, Indonesia
Publication Year : 2011
Indonesian furniture accounts for almost 1% of the global furniture trade, valued at more than USD 135 billion. In many…
Authors: Purnomo, H.; Irawati, R.H.; Fauzan, A.U.; Melati
Opportunities for enhancing poor women’s socioeconomic empowerment in the value chains of three African non-timber forest products (NTFPs)
Publication Year : 2011
The value chains of three internationally important dry forest NTFPs, namely gum arabic, gum olibanum (frankincense) and honey from Burkina…
Authors: Shackleton, S.; Paumgarten, F.; Kassa, H.; Husselman, M.; Zida, M.
Is adaptation to climate change gender neutral?: Lessons from communities dependent on livestock and forests in northern Mali
Publication Year : 2011
The growing risk of vulnerability to climate change is widely discussed in the scientific and political sphere. More evidence from…
Authors: Djoudi, H.; Brockhaus, M.
Introduction to the special issue on forests and gender
Publication Year : 2011
Authors: Mwangi, E.; Mai, Y.H.
An overview of forest and land allocation policies in Indonesia: is the current framework sufficient to meet the needs of REDD+?
Publication Year : 2012
The global community is negotiating an international REDD+ mechanism, and recent multilateral and bilateral arrangements indicate Indonesia may receive a…
Authors: Brockhaus, M.; Obidzinski, K.; Dermawan, A.; Laumonier, Y.; Luttrell, C.
Avoiding deforestation in the context of biofuel feedstock expansion: An analysis of the effectiveness of market-based instruments
Publication Year : 2011
This report assesses the potential effectiveness of market-based instruments in ensuring that biofuel feedstock development does not expand in detriment…
Authors: Pacheco, P.; German, L.; van Gelder, J.W.; Weinberger, K.; Guariguata, M.R.
Policies and institutional and legal frameworks in the expansion of Brazilian biofuels
Publication Year : 2011
This paper maps out and analyses the wide range of policies and players that have shaped the phenomenal rise of…
Authors: Andrade, R.M.T.; Miccolis, A.
Financing household tree plantations in Vietnam: Current programmes and future options
Publication Year : 2011