Gender Equality Challenges to the REDD+ Initiative in Nepal

Autor:	Kumar Bahadur Darjee, Rajan Kotru, Seema Karki, Manohara Khadka, Bhaskar Singh Karky
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Gender equality Nepali Economic growth Subsistence agriculture Development Livelihood language.human_language Incentive Deforestation Political science language Environmental Chemistry Natural resource management Inclusion (education) General Environmental Science
Zdroj:	Mountain Research and Development. 34:197-207
ISSN:	1994-7151 0276-4741
DOI:	10.1659/mrd-journal-d-13-00081.1
Popis:	Despite widespread gender issues in natural resource management and rural livelihoods strategies, there has been little study of how new development strategies, such as Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+), consider gender issues. Gender consideration in REDD+ is especially important in mountainous countries like Nepal, where the majority of the rural population, especially women and socioeconomically disadvantaged households, depend on forests for many of their subsistence needs. Any changes in forest access or use rights or rules as a result of REDD+ would impact marginalized people whose inclusion, voice, and access to and control over forest resources are influenced by deeply gendered power relations and socio-institutional practices in Nepali society. This article analyzes ways the REDD+ initiatives in Nepal have considered gender issues identified in earlier studies. The main finding is that the REDD+ policy process is inadequate to account for underlying powe...
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