This two-page publication provides practical tips for carrying out gender-responsive data collection. The issues covered include paying attention to the composition of the field team, collecting gender-disaggregated data, examining how gender intersects with other forms of social difference, seek...
Elias, M.
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Bioversity International
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[Practical tips for conducting gender-responsive data collection]
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Practical tips for conducting gender-responsive data collection
This brief provides a framework and set of recommendations for enhancing gender equality and women’s rights in and through FLR initiatives. It presents key considerations for gender-responsive FLR, drawing on lessons from the wider gender and natural resource management literature, ongoing and pa...
Elias, M.
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Ihalainen, M.
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Paez Valencia, A.M.
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[Gender matters in Forest Landscape Restoration: A framework for design and evaluation]
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Gender matters in Forest Landscape Restoration: A framework for design and evaluation
Gender biases persist in forestry research and practice. These biases result in reduced scientific rigor and inequitable, ineffective, and less efficient policies, programs, and interventions. Drawing from a two-volume collection of current and classic analyses on gender in forests, we outline fi...
This brief focuses on gender equity and social inclusion in India’s Joint Forest Management (JFM) programme; one of the first and largest initiatives for collaborative forest governance worldwide. In JFM, the state, represented by the Forest Department (FD), and the village community share respon...
Elias, M.
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[Gender equity and social inclusion in joint forest management: Lessons from two Indian states]
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Gender equity and social inclusion in joint forest management: Lessons from two Indian states
Elias, M.
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[Building on past success for better quality science: FTA gender research in 2017]
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Building on past success for better quality science: FTA gender research in 2017
Castello, A. del
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Elias, M.
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[Revealing the benefits of gender-responsive participatory research for sustainable forest management]
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Revealing the benefits of gender-responsive participatory research for sustainable forest management
The purpose of this brief is to identify the critical issues concerning young people in rural areas that hold significance for FTA’s ability to achieve impact at this time of rapid rural transformation; the key questions concerning youth that matter for FTA; and the approaches by which FTA should...
Clendenning, J.
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Elias, M.
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Sijapati Basnett, B.
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[At the intersection of gender and generation: Engaging with 'youth' in the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry.]
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At the intersection of gender and generation: Engaging with 'youth' in the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry.
Natural resource-related conflicts between local communities and nation states can be extremely destructive. Worldwide, interest is growing in gaining a better understanding of why and how these conflicts originate, particularly in protected areas inhabited by local communities. The literature on...
Pourcq, K. de
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Thomas, E.
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Elias, M.
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Damme, P. van
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[Exploring park–people conflicts in Colombia through a social lens]
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Exploring park–people conflicts in Colombia through a social lens
Both men and women have specific local ecological knowledge of native fruit tree species. Excluding women from research-for-development initiatives is problematic because it can limit their access to the benefits derived from improved managemnet and use of fruit diversity. A study was conducted t...
Muhammad, F.A.
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Elias, M.
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Lamers, H.
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Omard, S.
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Brooke, P.
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Hussin, M.H.
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[Participatory research to elicit gender differentiated knowledge of native fruit trees]
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Participatory research to elicit gender differentiated knowledge of native fruit trees
Bioversity International, the Nepalese LI-BIRD NGO and the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation led a project from 2002-2012 in Nepal's mid-hills and Terai to promote technologies, approaches and methods for sustainable on-farm management of plant genetic resources and improve food security t...
Elias, M.
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Gauchan, D.
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Gotor, E.
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Sthapit, B.R.
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[Promoting gender equality, social inclusion and biodiversity conservation in Nepal’s home gardens]
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Promoting gender equality, social inclusion and biodiversity conservation in Nepal’s home gardens