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Under the canopy
Despite the importance of forests for global processes and the tradition of forest management by local Amazonian peoples, there is not much available literature on gender and forests in the Amazon region. Yet gender roles and relationships are important components of key emerging forest-related issues, such as climate change and the differential risks and opportunities faced by women and men in different contexts. This paper reviews recent literature (in English, Spanish and Portuguese) that addresses gender and forests in Amazonia, focusing on: property rights in Amazonian territories and communities; diverse and changing gender relations; forest management programs; and womens participat...
A Participatory Process for Developing a Regionally Appropriate Climate Change Curriculum in Pando, Bolivia
Climate Change is an issue that is affecting many countries around the world. Bolivia is very vulnerable to the negative effects of climate change mainly because of its high biodiversity and limited capacity to respond to adverse events. Bolivia has therefore been developing a series of documents related to climate change and education. In 2009, a new educational law was approved. Currently, Bolivia is in the process of implementing a new national curriculum, which now needs to be regionalized and diversified. This project seeks to support that diversification. The main objective was to develop a participatory process for creating a regionally appropriate climate change curriculum in educati...
The Carbon Fix
Given the growing urgency to develop global responses to a changing climate, The Carbon Fix examines the social and equity dimensions of putting the world’s forests—and, necessarily, the rural people who manage and depend on them—at the center of climate policy efforts such as REDD+, intended to slow global warming. The book assesses the implications of international policy approaches that focus on forests as carbon and especially, forest carbon offsets, for rights, justice, and climate governance. Contributions from leading anthropologists and geographers analyze a growing trend towards market principles and financialization of nature in environmental governance, placing it into conce...
Bajo el dosel
A pesar de la importancia de los bosques para los procesos globales y de la tradición del manejo forestal por parte de los pueblos amazónicos locales, no hay mucha literatura disponible sobre el género y los bosques en la región amazónica. Sin embargo, los roles y las relaciones de género son componentes importantes de nuevos problemas clave relacionados con los bosques, como son el cambio climático y los riesgos y oportunidades diferenciados que enfrentan las mujeres y los hombres en distintos contextos. Este documento revisa la literatura reciente (en inglés, español y portugués) que aborda el género y los bosques en la Amazonía, centrándose en: los derechos de propiedad en lo...
Embaixo do dossel: Gênero e florestas na Amazônia
Apesar da importância das florestas para os processos globais, e a antiga tradição do manejo florestal por parte dos povos amazônicos, curiosamente, há pouca literatura disponível sobre gênero e as florestas da região amazônica. Os papéis e as relações de gênero são componentes importantes das emergentes questões-chaves relacionadas às florestas, como é o caso das mudanças climáticas e os diferentes riscos e oportunidades que enfrentam homens e mulheres em diversos contextos. Este trabalho revisa a literatura recente (em inglês, espanhol e português) que lida com gênero e florestas na Amazônia, enfocando em: direitos fundiários nos territórios e comunidades amazônic...
An overview of current knowledge about the impacts of forest management certification
The often-claimed environmental and social benefits of forest certification remain to be empirically evaluated. Despite numerous publications on the impacts of tropical forest certification, virtually all are based on secondary sources of information and not on field-based measurements. This paper proposes an empirical research framework for a carefully designed field-based evaluation of the ecological, social, economic, and political impacts of tropical forest management certification taking into account location-specific contextual factors which shape certification outcomes. The paper also suggests that solid methodological quantitative and qualitative approaches be used to build proper co...
Participating in Development
First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Images of Public Wealth or the Anatomy of Well-Being in Indigenous Amazonia
What is considered a good life in contemporary societies? Can we measure well-being and happiness? Reflecting a global interest on the topics of well-being, happiness, and the good life in the face of the multiple failures of millennial capitalism, Images of Public Wealth or the Anatomy of Well-Being in Indigenous Amazonia deliberately appropriates a concept developed by classical economists to understand wealth accumulation in capitalist societies in order to denaturalize it and assess its applicability in non-capitalist kin-based societies. Mindful of the widespread discontent generated by the ongoing economic crisis in postindustrial societies as well as the renewed attempts by social sci...
Anthropology and Climate Change
Comprehensively assessing anthropology's engagement with climate change, this volume both maps out exciting trajectories for research and issues a call to action. Linking sophisticated knowledge to effective actions, 'Anthropology and Climate Change' is essential for students and scholars in anthropology and environmental studies.
Ecological Changes in the Zambezi River Basin
This book provides an analysis of the ecological conditions and ecosystem goods and services of the Zambezi River Basin (ZRB), the fourth largest river in Africa. Various environmental and anthropogenic factors; inclusive of climate, environmental flows, hydrology, morphology, pollution and land use changes among others and their interactions are considered as drivers of the river ecosystems. The impacts of these drivers on aquatic biota, river ecological integrity, and the livelihoods of surrounding communities are analysed within the socio-economic-policy context. The book goes beyond the usual inventories and basic research by using the comparative research method (CRM) in a trans-discipl...
