The Earthscan Reader on Gender and Forests

There is currently much interest in mainstreaming gender in natural resource management, including forestry. This Reader provides a collection of key major articles published on gender and forests over the last thirty years. Including an editorial introduction and overview, it provides an accessible collection of excellent forestry-relevant social science, framed within an overarching analytical framework and demonstrating the leading debates in the field.

The book should be of great value to both biophysical science and social science students and professionals in training. It focuses on people and forest interactions, providing a range of studies from both developed and developing countries. It includes theoretical analyses, methodological pieces, case studies, and cross-country comparisons, and forms a companion volume to "Gender and Forests: Climate Change, Tenure, Value Chains and Emerging Issues" (Colfer et al., 2016).

Carol J. Pierce Colfer is a Senior Associate at the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Visiting Scholar at Cornell University’s Southeast Asia Program, Ithaca, New York, USA.?

Marlene Elias is a Gender Specialist at Bioversity International, Selangor, Malaysia.?

Bimbika Sijapati Basnett is Gender Coordinator at CIFOR in Bogor, Indonesia.?

Susan Stevens?Hummel is a Research Scientist with the US Forest Service,?Portland, Oregon, USA.