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Empowering women through sustainable wildlife management: Flora Gomes’ story
In the Rupununi Region of southwest Guyana, 59-year-old Flora Gomes is becoming a renowned poultry farmer – with important implications…
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Securing land tenure for women and girls to promote climate change resilience
“Women’s land rights should be at the core of everything we do, to enhance our climate action” – Beth Roberts,…
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DRC women’s association takes charge of the future, supporting others to do the same
Akili ni mali – the Swahili translation for knowledge is wealth, is the name adopted by a local women’s association…
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To save the shea tree, scientists explore predictive breeding tools
Better known outside Africa for shea butter, which is used in chocolate manufacturing, cuisine and cosmetics, the shea (Vitellaria paradoxa)…
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Women coffee growers in Vietnam boost climate mitigation through agroforestry
Coffee agroforestry systems in Vietnam have significant capacity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by sequestering carbon and reducing the need…
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Gender dynamics in Ghana’s oil palm processing sector
Known throughout the industry as “oil palm mamas” or “market queens,” women play a competitive role in Ghana’s informal oil…
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Tenure and governance research: Build on accomplishments under PIM to meet SDGs
Secure tenure and effective governance are central to the future of natural resources and agriculture. Although important on their own,…
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Women’s land tenure a critical pillar for climate action, COP26 delegates say
Worldwide, fewer than 15 percent of landholders are women, a disparity that has significant consequences for the general status and…
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Shaping a future that ensures women are at the center of the Ghana shea trade
Women have harvested shea nuts from trees in the savanna region of northern Ghana for centuries, using the rich oils…
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Good governance in Ethiopia’s communal forests
Lessons from successful and not-so successful multi-stakeholder forums
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Gender responsive finance interventions are central to tackling climate change
The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified prevailing gender inequalities, highlighting how women are often hit hardest by crises and disasters. In…
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New guide aims to accelerate forest tenure pathways to gender equality
Forest tenure reform in the global south has often failed to be gender-responsive, but there is increasing interest in taking…
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