Women in the plant world: The significance of women and gender bias for biodiversity conservation

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dc.contributor.authorHoward, P.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialLatin Americaen
dc.coverage.spatialSub-Saharan Africaen
dc.coverage.spatialPacificen
dc.coverage.spatialAsiaen
dc.coverage.spatialIndiaen
dc.coverage.spatialTropicsen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:08:21Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:08:21Zen
dc.date.issued2001en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThe author contends that there is a strong connection between plant management, plant knowledge and conservation. Because women are largely in charge of cooking, managing plants in their home gardens and communal lands, and handling post-harvest activities they have a special knowledge about plants that leads to their inclination for conservation. According to the author, research programs and development planners do not focus enough attention on women's knowledge and often assume that a small sample of men's opinions is appropriate to represent community knowledge. This error proves severely detrimental to plant management and biodiversity conservation, therefore it would be beneficial to consider gender perspectives in plant management research.en
dc.description.notesCCRA-7 (Gendered Knowledge)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier4832en
dc.identifier.citationBriefing produced for the International Union for Conservation of Natureen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/69061en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherInternational Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)en
dc.relation.urihttp://mkh.mtnforum.org/en/node/17041en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2011 P. Howarden
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectPlantsen
dc.subjectBiodiversityen
dc.subjectSustainable developmenten
dc.subjectCultureen
dc.subjectSoil erosionen
dc.subjectIndigenous communityen
dc.subjectConservation planningen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectLocal knowledgeen
dc.subjectIntellectual property rightsen
dc.subjectBiodiversity conservationen
dc.subjectGendered spaceen
dc.subjectHome gardeningen
dc.subjectAccess to landen
dc.subjectTraditionsen
dc.subjectGendered knowledgeen
dc.subjectFood storageen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleWomen in the plant world: The significance of women and gender bias for biodiversity conservationen
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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