The Gendered Nature of Ecosystem Services

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ID14865665
AutoresM Fortnam (0000-0002-6440-9214, University of Exeter, autor correspondente), Katrina Brown (0000-0002-0341-7229, University of Exeter), Tomas Chaigneau (0000-0002-0874-216X, University of Exeter), Beatrice Crona (0000-0003-1617-4067, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences), Tim M Daw (0000-0001-6635-9153, Stockholm University), David Gonçalves (0000-0001-6851-7215, Gorongosa National Park), Christina C Hicks (0000-0002-7399-4603, Lancaster University), C Hicks (0000-0003-0422-432X), M Revmatas (University of Exeter), C Sandbrook (0000-0002-9938-4934, University of Cambridge), B Schulte-Herbruggen, Björn Schulte‐Herbrüggen (Stockholm Resilience Centre)
Ano2019
Volume159
Páginas312-325
Data de publicação2019-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEcological Economics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0921-8009 • E-ISSN: 1873-6106
EditoraElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.12.018
OpenAlexW2913408589
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas34
Referências citadas49

This article assesses the extent to which our conceptualisation, understanding and empirical analysis of ecosystem services are inherently gendered; in other words, how they might be biased and unbalanced in terms of their appreciation of gender differences. We do this by empirically investigating how women and men are able to benefit from ecosystem services across eight communities in coastal Kenya and Mozambique. Our results highlight different dimensions of wellbeing affected by ecosystem services, and how these are valued differently by men and women. However, it is not just the division of costs and benefits of ecosystem services that is gendered. Using a heuristic device of the ‘ecosystem-wellbeing chain’, we explain patterns within our primary data as an outcome of gendered knowledge systems, gendered behavioural expectations, gendered access to resources and gendered institutions. We conclude that this holistic, gendered understanding of ecosystem services is important not just for how ecosystem services are conceptualised, but also for the development and implementation of sustainable and equitable policy and interventions

Economics · Ecosystem · Ecosystem health · Ecosystem services · Ecosystem valuation · Environmental resource management · Psychological intervention · Sociology · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Psychology · Ecology