Equity for Women and Marginalized Groups in Patriarchal Societies during Forest Landscape Restoration: The Controlling Influence of Tradition and Culture
| Autor: | Jack Baynes, John L. Herbohn, William Unsworth, Emilie Tremblay, Nestor Gregorio |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Economic growth
Equity (economics) 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Institutional development Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0211 other engineering and technologies Land management New guinea Forest landscape 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Management Monitoring Policy and Law Livelihood 01 natural sciences Pollution Bricolage Community forestry Political science 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Nature and Landscape Conservation Water Science and Technology |
| Zdroj: | Environmental Conservation. 46:241-246 |
| ISSN: | 1469-4387 0376-8929 |
| Popis: | SummaryWe explore the difficulty of achieving equity for women in two forest and livelihood restoration (FLR) pilot projects, one each in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Philippines. We use institutional bricolage as a framework to explain the context and background of stakeholders’ decision-making and the consequent impact on equity and benefit distribution. In the Philippines, material and institutional support was initially successful in assisting participants to establish small-scale tree plantations. A structured approach to institutional development has successfully evolved to meet the needs of women, even though corruption has re-emerged as a destabilizing influence. In PNG, despite success in establishing trees and crops, the participation of women was subjugated to traditional customs and norms that precluded them from engaging in land management decisions. The capacity-building and gender-equity principles of FLR consequently became compromised. We conclude that in some patriarchal societies achieving equity for women will be difficult and progress will be contingent on a detailed understanding of the effects of traditional customs and norms on participation and decision-making. |
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