Gender and sustainability : lessons from Asia and Latin America / María Luz Cruz-Torres and Pamela McElwee, editors.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Cruz-Torres, María Luz, 1961-, McElwee, Pamela D.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Tucson : UAP, c2012.
Subjects:	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.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms
1. Introduction: Gender and Sustainability / Ma̕ra Luz Cruz-Torres, Pamela McElwee
Part I. Gender and Forests
2. Environmentalism and Gender in Intag, Ecuador / Linda D'Amico
3. Democratic Spaces across Scales: Women'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 US-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 Risk Business in Vietnam'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 / Ma̕ra Luz Cruz-Tones
Part IV. Conclusion
11. Why Gender Matters, Why Women Matter / Lisa Gezon
List of Contributors
Index.

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