Equity for Women and Marginalized Groups in Patriarchal Societies during Forest Landscape Restoration: The Controlling Influence of Tradition and Culture

Jack Baynes; John L Herbohn; Nestor O Gregorio; William Unsworth; E H Tremblay

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Equity for Women and Marginalized Groups in Patriarchal Societies during Forest Landscape Restoration: The Controlling Influence of Tradition and Culture

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Equity for Women and Marginalized Groups in Patriarchal Societies during Forest Landscape Restoration: The Controlling Influence of Tradition and Culture

Jack Baynes, John L Herbohn, Nestor O Gregorio, William Unsworth and E H Tremblay

Environmental Conservation, Vol.46(3), pp.241-246

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892919000079

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community forestry

forest landscape restoration

gender equity

institutional bricolage

UniSC Diversity Area - Gender Equity

We 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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Title: Equity for Women and Marginalized Groups in Patriarchal Societies during Forest Landscape Restoration: The Controlling Influence of Tradition and Culture
Authors: Jack Baynes (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
John L Herbohn (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Nestor O Gregorio (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
William Unsworth (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
E H Tremblay (Author) - Université Laval, Canada
Publication details: Environmental Conservation, Vol.46(3), pp.241-246
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date published: 2019
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892919000079
ISSN: 0376-8929; 0376-8929
Organisation Unit: Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; USC Business School - Legacy; Forest Industries Research Centre; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451460802621
Output Type: Journal article

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