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There is an increasing body of knowledge on the gender dynamics of natural resource management. FAO is contributing to this effort by collaborating with and supporting the work of NGOs, research institutions and other international organizations throughout the world to carry out research and support processes of change. The aim of the Gender and Natural Resources Management Programme is not only to expand the body of knowledge on this topic but to link institutions and action groups working on this issue. The Programme builds on the knowledge that individuals and organizations already possess and facilitates a process of sharing this knowledge with development practitioners and decision-makers.

Case study series on Gender and Plant Genetic Resources Management - IPGRI - FAO collaboration

Case study series on Gender and Biodiversity Management in Asia

Fact sheet on Women - Users, preservers and managers of agrobiodiversity (pdf file 182K)

Bunning, Sally E. and Catherine L.M. Hill. 1996. Farmers' rights in the conservation and use of plant genetic resources.

IPGRI - FAO collaboration

Gender, biodiversity and local knowledge systems (LinKS) project home page

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Galáan, Beatriz B. 1995. La campesina latinoamericana ante la reforma agraria.

Galáan, Beatriz B. 1998. Aspectos juridicos en el acceso de la mujer rural a la tierra en Cuba, Honduras, Nicaragua y Républica Dominicana.

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Case studies from Global Workshop Gender and participation in agricultural development planning

• The experience from Sikkim, India
• The experience from Afghanistan

Tanzania
Maeda-Machang'u, A.D. , S.K. Mutayoba, G.H. Laswai, R.V. Kurwijila and E.S. Kimambo. 1995. Local knowledge in animal health and production systems: gender perspectives.

Bolivia
World Concern Latin America - Centro de Capacitación Integral de la Mujer Campesina - FAO. 1995. Indigenous women, Andean knowledge and animal production.
(Expanded version forthcoming in Spanish and English)

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Stephens, A. 1995. Participatory management and gender issues in non-wood forest products development.

Report of the regional expert consultation on gender and wood energy in Asia, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 28 to 30 June 1995. Regional Wood Energy Development Programme in Asia, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand.

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Género y sistemas de producción campesinos: Lecciones de Nicaragua 1997 Proyecto Fortalecimiento de la gestión de la mujeren las unidades de producción campesina (GCP/NIC/020/NOR), Nicaragua

Topouzis, D and J. Du Guerny. 1995:

• Modules on gender population and rural development with a focus on land tenure and farming systems (English)
• Modules sur le genre la population et le développement rural avec un intérêt particulier pour les régimes fonciers et les systèmes d'exploitation agricole (French)

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