Gender-specific perspectives of mangrove ecosystem services: case study from Bua Province, Fiji Islands

Jasmine Pearson; Karen E McNamara; Patrick Nunn

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100970

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Gender-specific perspectives of mangrove ecosystem services: case study from Bua Province, Fiji Islands

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Gender-specific perspectives of mangrove ecosystem services: case study from Bua Province, Fiji Islands

Jasmine Pearson, Karen E McNamara and Patrick Nunn

Ecosystem Services, Vol.38, pp.1-10

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100970

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local environmental knowledge (LEK)

mangroves

gender equity

sustainable livelihoods

Pacific Island Countries

UniSC Diversity Area - Gender Equity

In many Pacific Island Countries, mangroves deliver ecosystem goods and services that are essential to the livelihoods of local people. For coastal and rural communities throughout Fiji, it is common for women to be the main caretakers of mangroves, and to access and utilise their resources on a regular basis. This paper explores local perspectives of Fijian men and women on the use, benefit and value of mangrove ecosystems. Across six rural villages within the Bua Province, Fiji, a series of semi-structured household interviews (n=41) were undertaken, coupled with participant observation. These findings provide insights into how gender roles influence the ways people value and interact with local ecosystems. This paper concludes with a call to incorporate gender into ecosystem-service valuation and management interventions so that they can produce sustainable and equitable livelihood outcomes.

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Title: Gender-specific perspectives of mangrove ecosystem services: case study from Bua Province, Fiji Islands
Authors: Jasmine Pearson (Corresponding Author) - The University of Queensland
Karen E McNamara (Author) - The University of Queensland
Patrick Nunn (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Publication details: Ecosystem Services, Vol.38, pp.1-10
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date published: 2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100970
ISSN: 2212-0416
Organisation Unit: Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450625402621
Output Type: Journal article

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