Women and Plants : Gender Relations in Biodiversity Management and Conservation
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"This is a very important book. Taken together, the collected papers present a rich picture of the vital role played by peasant women around the world. They are struggling to preserve, in the face of modern agribusiness, the agricultural wisdom of the past and the diversity of plants that have been used for both food and medicine. It is vital that decision makers, especially in the developing world, heed the knowledge of these women who understand so well the art of a sustainable lifestyle. Women and Plants must be in the library of every individual who cares about the future of our planet."--Jane Goodall
". . . offers a uniquely gender-sensitive perspective on the management of biodiversity. These case studies empirically substantiate a broad range of cultures and ecologies, and offer keen insights for policy development and application."--Nina L. Etkin, Associate Editor, Pharmaceutical Biology
"Focusing on traditional knowledge of indigenous people and local communities, and especially on the relationship between biodiversity and women in traditional societies worldwide, this book provides a well-marked path for the better understanding of biodiversity, its values and its importance for humans while at the same time highlighting community and ecosystem inter-relations."--Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary to the Convention on Biodiversity
Book Description
This unique collection of in-depth case studies from Latin America, Asia, Africa, Europe and North America demonstrates the importance of women and gender relations in plant genetic resource management and conservation. It provides a state-of-the-art overview of the concepts, relationships and contexts explaining the relatively hidden gender dimensions of people-plant relations. The contributors come from a rich range of disciplines including ethnobotany, geography, agronomy, anthropology, plant breeding, nutrition and development economics. They demonstrate how crucial women are to plant biodiversity management and conservation at household, village, and community levels; and how gender relations have a strong influence on the ways in which local people understand, manage, and conserve biodiversity.
Women and Plants: Gender Relations in Biodiversity Management and Conservation,Patricia L. Howard,Zed Books,1842771574,Biodiversity conservation,Biological diversity conservat,Environmental Conservation & Protection - General,Environmental Studies,Human-plant relationships,Life Sciences - Biological Diversity,Life Sciences - Botany,Nature,Nature/Ecology,Plant diversity conservation,Women's Studies - General,Management of land & natural resources,Social Science / Gender Studies,Women's studies
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