How do gender relations shape a community's ability to adapt to climate change? Insights from Nepal's community forestry
How do gender relations shape a community's ability to adapt to climate change? Insights from Nepal's community forestry
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DOI：
10.1080/17565529.2019.1701971
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发表时间：
2020-11-25
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Bhattarai, Basundhara
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作者：
Bhattarai, Basundhara
尽管尼泊尔进行了显著的政策改革并采取了发展行动，但在环境管理方面仍然存在性别不平等现象。在本文中，我提出了一个深入的案例研究，以展示社区林业中基于性别的不平等的持续存在如何影响适应气候变化的可能性，然后也重塑适应干预措施中的性别关系。在此基础上，我认为，基于现有性别不平等的森林管理机构的适应举措可能会加剧基于性别的不平等，进一步阻碍长期的社会生态恢复力。虽然性别不平等并非仅仅由林业机构或为适应气候而设计的机构造成，但社区林业机构正在日益强化根深蒂固并体现在日常做法中的更大的父权制社会结构。我强调，森林管理和适应政策和做法都需要更好地认识、理解和解决性别不平等问题。为了加强性别平等地适应气候变化，我建议重新审查和不断监测现有森林管理机构和服务提供机制中性别平等的变化，并调整适应规划，以充分利用性别平等森林管理和适应气候变化的潜力。
Despite notable policy reforms and development actions, gender inequality persists in environmental management in Nepal. In this paper, I present an in-depth case study to demonstrate how the persistence of gender-based inequality in community forestry has, or is likely to have, impacted the possibility to adapt to climate change, and then also reshape gender relations in adaptation interventions. Based on this, I argue that adaptation initiatives which rest on existing gender inequitable forest management institutions are likely to exacerbate gender-based inequality, further hampering the longer-term socio-ecological resilience. Although gender inequality is not created solely either by forestry institutions or in the institutions designed for climate adaptation, community forestry institutions are increasingly reinforcing the larger patriarchal societal structure that is deeply rooted and manifested in everyday practices. I highlight the need for both forest management and adaptation policies and practices to better recognize, appreciate and address gender inequality. In order to enhance gender-equitable adaptation to climate change, I suggest re-examining and constantly monitoring the changing gender in/equality in the existing forest management institutions and service delivery mechanisms and also adjusting adaptation planning to fully harness the potential of gender equitable forest management and climate change adaptation.