Women’s dependence on forest and participation in forestry: A case study of joint forest management programme in West Bengal

Das, N. (2011) Women’s dependence on forest and participation in forestry: A case study of joint forest management programme in West Bengal. Journal of Forest Economics, 17 (1). pp. 67-89.

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Abstract

The study examines extent of women’s dependence on forest and their participation in gender sensitive planning of joint forest management programme in West Bengal, where the provincial government made pioneer attempt during early 1990s by establishing separate female forest management unit to accommodate women’s preference, needs, knowledge and values on forest resources providing separate provision in institutions. It suggests that women’s participation in their own management unit is substantially higher than men’s in the general (joint) forest management unit, and the former ensures women’s major contribution to their household’s income with women’s greater physical involvement in forestry works

Item Type: Article
Author Affiliation: Reserve Bank of India Unit, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC), R-1 Baishnabghata Patuli Township, Kolkata, West Bengal 700094, India
Subjects: Social Sciences > Agricultural Extension,Technology, ICT
Statistics and Experimentation > Statistial Methods
Environmental Science > Ecology
Divisions: General
Depositing User: Mr B Krishnamurthy
Date Deposited: 21 Feb 2012 11:37
Last Modified: 21 Feb 2012 11:37
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfe.2010.09.003
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/3098

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