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Women and biodiversity: The long journey from users to policy‐makers
Author(s) -
Deda Paola,
Rubian Renata
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
natural resources forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1477-8947
pISSN - 0165-0203
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2004.00089.x
Subject(s) - convention on biological diversity , summit , earth summit , position (finance) , diversity (politics) , convention , sustainable development , political science , business , biodiversity , economic growth , public administration , public relations , geography , law , economics , ecology , finance , physical geography , biology
Although there has been a broad acknowledgment that women's local and traditional knowledge is fundamental to guarantee food security and conserve biological diversity, few women are represented at the managerial and decision‐making level of environmental movements and organizations. The United Nations, its agencies and agreements have long promoted the full and effective participation of women in decision‐making processes. So how can commitments contained in international agreements be translated into concrete actions? By using the case of the Convention on Biological Diversity, one of the key agreements adopted at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, this article analyses how gender‐equitable initiatives tend to assume an ad hoc character with few governments effectively involving women in their sustainable development strategies.The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the United Nations or its subsidiary bodies.