Gender inequality in biodiversity conservation and management restricts women’s access to benefits at all levels, perpetuating poverty and undermining sustainable resource use and management. However, gender equality in this field is neither widely written into policy nor widely measured. In this study, the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Global Gender Office (GGO) investigates reporting on women’s participation in the conservation and management of protected areas. Using national reports to the Ramsar Convention and the World Heritage Convention, two widely ratified treaties that govern management of thousands of protected areas worldwide, this study defines the frequency, context, and tenor of discussions of gender and women’s participation in conservation. This study suggests that greater detail in reporting and establishment of mechanisms that measure cumulative progress toward equal participation of women could help improve our understanding of gender equality in protected areas conservation and management.
Report
Gender and Protected Areas: Exploring National Reporting to the Ramsar Convention and the World Heritage Convention
- 2016
Author:
- L. Bastian, M. L. Bastian, M. Gilligan and B. Clabotsand B. Clabots
Organization:
- IUCN
Citation:
- L. Bastian, M. Gilligan and B. Clabots (2016). Gender and Protected Areas: Exploring National Reporting to the Ramsar Convention and the World Heritage Convention. Washington, USA: IUCN.
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Classifications
Accessing and Controlling Natural Resources, Advancing Women’s Participation and Leadership, Asia and the Pacific, Decision Making, Documents and resources, Ecosystem Protection Approaches, English, Environment and Gender Data, Eurasia, Filling Knowledge and Data Gaps, Gender Equality, Gendered Work Burdens, Global, IUCN, Land and Resource Rights, Latin America and the Caribbean, Life Below Water, Life on Land, Middle East and North Africa, Nature-Based Solutions, North America, Protected Areas, Ramsar Convention (on Wetlands), Reduced Inequality, Report, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Western Europe, World Heritage