Community forest management & gender justice

This fact sheet advocates for the integration of gender justice into community forest management (CFM). It highlights that women perform critical but often invisible tasks in caring for forests and biodiversity, and that they face systemic exclusion from decision-making and land ownership. The document asserts that recognizing women's traditional knowledge and rights is vital for effective CFM and the overall well-being of ecosystems and communities.

• Women perform a wide array of essential but often invisible tasks in forest and biodiversity care, including the use of plants for food and herbal medicines, which positions them as frontline defenders of their territories.
• Systemic discrimination and the combined effects of capitalism and patriarchy lead to women's exclusion from community organizing, decision-making processes regarding land and forest use, and land ownership.
• External projects such as mining and monocultures increase women's workloads by forcing them to travel further for water and firewood, while simultaneously causing a loss of agroecological knowledge, culture, and sovereignty.
• Women possess specialized, collective, and traditional knowledge regarding forests, health, and agriculture that is critical during food crises and is frequently appropriated by corporate interests or academics.

APA

Marien, N., & Rojas, I. (2023). Community forest management & gender justice. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CFM-A5-EN-WEB.pdf

Chicago

Marien, Nele, and Isaac Rojas. Community forest management & gender justice. Friends of the Earth International, 2023. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CFM-A5-EN-WEB.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{marien2023community, author = {Marien, Nele and Rojas, Isaac}, title = {{Community forest management \& gender justice}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2023}, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CFM-A5-EN-WEB.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }