This is a very brief introduction to the topic of women and natural resource management. Deforestation has received the widest notoriety as a symptom of environmental degradation, which has been manifest in the social, economic and environmental costs of fuelwood scarcity to women and their families.
This source book is organised into five sections: 1) background articles on issues of gender, environment, and natural resources, including discussion questions (see also Warren 1992(b) and Davis-Case 1992) 2) a set of cases from the field with a number of discussion questions 3) seven exercises related to the cases and background articles of use for training project teams (see Warren 1992(c)) 4) a brief glossary of relevant terms 5) a bibliography of published resources and easily accessible materials organised by region and topic area.