This article explores the effects that gender composition of forest user groups has on property rights and forestry governance, based on data from 290 forest user groups in Kenya, Uganda, Bolivia, and Mexico. Findings indicate gender composition of user groups is important, but not always in the ...
Sun, Y.
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Mwangi, E.
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Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
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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]
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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
Women’s participation in decision making at the user-group level and in forest committees has been demonstrated to have a positive impact on forest sustainability. For example, women’s participation enhances forest regeneration and reduces illegal harvesting through improved monitoring. Their pre...
Yan Sun
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Mwangi, E.
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Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
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[Gender, institutions and sustainability in the context of forest decentralisation reforms in Latin America and East Africa]
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Gender, institutions and sustainability in the context of forest decentralisation reforms in Latin America and East Africa
It is widely acknowledged that the involvement of small farmers into markets can contribute to higher productivity and income growth, which in turn can enhance food security, poverty reduction efforts, and overall economic growth. In Africa, as in other parts of the developing world, agricultural...
Markelova, H.
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Mwangi, E.
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[Collective action for smallholder market access: evidence and implications for Africa]
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Collective action for smallholder market access: evidence and implications for Africa
Mwangi, E.
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[The struggle to understand: Elinor Ostrom and institutions for the governance of forests]
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The struggle to understand: Elinor Ostrom and institutions for the governance of forests
This paper presents a comparative study of forest management across four countries in East Africa and Latin America: Kenya, Uganda, Bolivia, and Mexico. It focuses on one question: Do varying proportions of women (low, mixed, high) in forest user groups influence their likelihood of adopting fore...
Mwangi, E.
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Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
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Yan Sun
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[Gender and sustainable forest management in East Africa and Latin America]
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Gender and sustainable forest management in East Africa and Latin America
This review charts out recent developments in gender research in forestry research, with a focus on tropical and dry forests in developing countries. We reviewed 121 publications extracted from the Web of Knowledge database and publications by the Center for International Forestry Research for th...
Mai, Y.H.
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Mwangi, E.
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Wan, M.
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[Gender analysis in forestry research: looking back and thinking ahead]
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Gender analysis in forestry research: looking back and thinking ahead
Yan Sun
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Mwangi, E.
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Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
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[Genre, institutions et durabilité dans le contexte des réformes de la décentralisation forestière en Amérique latine et en Afrique de l’Est]
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Genre, institutions et durabilité dans le contexte des réformes de la décentralisation forestière en Amérique latine et en Afrique de l’Est
Yan Sun
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Mwangi, E.
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Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
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[Género, instituciones y sostenibilidad en el contexto de las reformas de descentralización forestal en América Latina y África Oriental]
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Género, instituciones y sostenibilidad en el contexto de las reformas de descentralización forestal en América Latina y África Oriental
Coleman, E.A.
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Mwangi, E.
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[Women's participation in forest management: a cross-country analysis]
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Women's participation in forest management: a cross-country analysis