Factors influencing gender equity in ecosystem restoration
A three-country analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21720005 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Chhem (Bioversity International, Rome, Italy), Michael Elias (0000-0001-8835-5348, Alliance Bioversity International - CIAT), E Thomas (0000-0002-7838-6228, Bioversity International, Lima, Peru), M R M Ekué (Bioversity International, Yaoundé, Cameroon), MRM Ekué (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture), L L P Gata (University of the Philippines Los Baños), J Cerron (Bioversity International, Lima, Peru), F Manga Essouma (Institut de Recherche Agricole pour le D’veloppement (IRAD), Cameroon), L Ikeda (Bioversity International, Lima, Peru) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 27-39 |
| Publication date | 2025-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Forestry Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1465-5489 • E-ISSN: 2053-7778 |
| Publisher | Commonwealth Forestry Association (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1505/146554825840449605 |
| OpenAlex | W7153338599 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 28 |
Ecosystem restoration is a promising antidote to land and forest degradation and deforestation. Yet, achieving the ecological, social and economic promise of restoration in an equitable way hinges upon socio-institutional factors that remain poorly addressed in restoration theory and practice. This study examines the factors shaping gender equity across 17 restoration projects in Cameroon, Peru and the Philippines. Qualitative data collected through key informant interviews and focus group discussions are interpreted using a framework that highlights the recognition, procedural and distributional dimensions of gender equity. Findings show that intersecting factors related to gender, land ownership, and membership in associations drive exclusion from, and inequity in, restoration initiatives. The cases reveal the promise of local associations, and the need to promote clear and secure land tenure, the active engagement of local women and men, and transparency in the distribution of benefits to pave the way for equitable restoration initiatives
Focus group · Gender equity · Land use · Restoration Ecology · Social equality · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Land Rights and Reforms
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How Social Considerations Improve the Equity and Effectiveness of Ecosystem Restoration
Evaluating Ecological Restoration Success
Involving local farmers in rehabilitation of degraded tropical forests
Forest landscape restoration for livelihoods and well-being
Examining equity
What Determines Women's Participation in Collective Action? Evidence from a Western Ugandan Coffee Cooperative
Virtue and vulnerability
Roots of inequity
From Redistribution to Recognition? Dilemmas of Justice in a 'Post-Socialist' Age
Climate justice is not just ice
Globalizing environmental justice
Forests, development and the globalisation of justice
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |