Title Gender and Sustainability : Lessons from Asia and Latin America

Published Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 1900

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Description 1 online resource (253 pages) Contents ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""List of Acronyms""; ""1. Introduction: Gender and Sustainability -- MarÃa Luz Cruz-Torres and Pamela McElwee""; ""Part I. Gender and Forests""; ""2. Environmentalism and Gender in Intag, Ecuador -- Linda Dâ€?Amico""; ""3. Democratic Spaces across Scales: Womenâ€?s Inclusion in Community Forestry in Orissa, India -- Neera M. Singh""; ""4. The Gender Dimensions of the Illegal Trade in Wildlife: Local and Global Connections in Vietnam -- Pamela McElwee""; ""Part II. Gender and Water"" ""5. Gender, Water Scarcity, and the Management of Sustainability Tradeoffs in Cochabamba, Bolivia -- Amber Wutich""""6. Gendered Fruit and Vegetable Home Processing Near the USâ€?Mexico Border: Climate Change, Water Scarcity, and Noncapitalist Visions of the Future -- Stephanie J. Buechler""; ""7. Meaningful Waters: Women, Development, and Sustainability along the Bhagirathi Ganges -- Georgina Drew""; ""Part III. Gender and Fisheries""; ""8. Gender, Sustainability, and Shrimp Farming: Negotiating Risky Business in Vietnamâ€?s Mekong Delta -- Hong Anh Vu"" ""9. The Role of Gender in the Reduction of Fishing Effort in the Coastal Philippines -- James F. Eder""""10. Contested Livelihoods: Gender, Fisheries, and Resistance in Northwestern Mexico -- MarÃa Luz Cruz-Torres""; ""Part IV. Conclusion""; ""11. Why Gender Matters, Why Women Matter -- Lisa Gezon""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Index"" Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Rural women -- Latin America -- Social conditions Rural women -- Asia -- Social conditions Women in natural resources management -- Latin America Women in natural resources management -- Asia Women in sustainable development -- Latin America Women in sustainable development -- Asia Natural resources -- Environmental aspects -- Latin America Natural resources -- Environmental aspects -- Asia Natural resources -- Environmental aspects Rural women -- Social conditions Women in natural resources management Women in sustainable development Asia Latin America Form Electronic book Author McElwee, Pamela ISBN 9780816599479 0816599475

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