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For women in Africa, working within tradition for change
Supporting women in landscape restoration and sustainable agriculture across the African continent has the potential to lift 150 million people…
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In Solomon Islands, the gendered effects of corporate logging
Sicolastika Okapisi cried as she watched machines raze the mangroves near her village of Mararo to the ground. These mangroves…
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Women at work
Nestled in Nepal’s southern subtropical Terai lowlands, Chitwan National Park looks worlds away from the country’s famous Himalayan north. Historically…
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Rights in the DRC: Whose rights matter?
“We need change,” says Dorothée Lisenga, indigenous delegate at a Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) workshop on protecting indigenous…
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Intersectionality is important for forests too
Aristocrats are like the enduring ironwoods, and commoners are like the strangling fig that kills. And yet, when Center for…
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In Kenya, no progress on progressive 30% gender quota
Talking about local resource management in the context of rural African communities means talking about the specific role of women…
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Outcomes for forests at the Bonn Climate Change Conference
It has been nearly three years since countries entered into the Paris Agreement. During that time, as was made abundantly…
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In REDD+ villages, women say their wellbeing has declined
Climate change interventions in forest communities are still not getting it right when it comes to gender, a study has…
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Women and forestry: Drawing on decades of research
For decades, researchers have studied the impacts of gender on the rights of men and women in forestry. Yet as…
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Restoring the world’s forests: What does it mean for women’s rights?
Around the world, millions of hectares of land are being reforested as part of global efforts to combat climate change,…
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REDD+ benefits: Men want cash, women want development
When it comes to REDD+ benefits, men and women differ in their preferences, with men preferring cash incentives while women…
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Women left out of forest decisions
Firewood for fuel, fruits to feed their families, palm fiber for baskets, medicinal plants to heal their children — women…
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Women producing charcoal in Zambia
In an earlier piece on Forest News, 27-year-old Mabvuto Zulu shared her experiences producing charcoal in Zuwalinyenga village in eastern…
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Making tracks: How movement shapes landscapes
When populations move, there’s a tendency to assume the worst – war, poverty or environmental degradation may be the first…
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