Gender in the management of traditional knowledge: A case study of natural resource management in the central Himalaya.
This study aims to enhance understanding of the dynamic relationship among biodiversity and natural resource conversation, and traditional knowledge of management, gender, and livelihoods in the central Himalayan region. Based on a review of literature and field-based case studies on the ground, it provides important insights on the different ways in which women and men in the Himalayas conserve and restore biodiversity. In particular, it analyses the critical role of women in conserving and managing rangelands, forests, and agro-ecosystems. Indigenous knowledge is an important resource that has enormous potential to facilitate the development process in cost effective and sustainable ways. It governs almost all important productive resource sectors and revolves around traditional values of resource use. The study revealed that women are the real custodians of the indigenous knowledge system; they have considerably higher knowledge on sustainable eco system management practices against that of males. Women have effectively used indigenous knowledge in optimally managing agriculture and other resources for their sustainable living. Also, the knowledge and practices of utilization and conservation of medicinal plants, ethno-medicinal and ethno-veterinary treatments by women of the region are vast. This knowledge has broad implications for mountain development in the region. The study confirms the view that biodiversity conservation and management is not only about conserving species, genetic resources, and ecosystems, but also social-ecological processes that are highly gendered, and conservation of traditional knowledge must remain at its focus.
เพศในการจัดการความรู้ดั้งเดิม: กรณีศึกษาการจัดการทรัพยากรธรรมชาติในหิมาลัยกลางThis study aims to enhance understanding of the dynamic relationship among biodiversity and natural resource conversation, and traditional knowledge of management, gender, and livelihoods in the central Himalayan region. Based on a review of literature and field-based case studies on the ground, it provides important insights on the different ways in which women and men in the Himalayas conserve and restore biodiversity. In particular, it analyses the critical role of women in conserving and managing rangelands, forests, and agro-ecosystems. Indigenous knowledge is an important resource that has enormous potential to facilitate the development process in cost effective and sustainable ways. It governs almost all important productive resource sectors and revolves around traditional values of resource use. The study revealed that women are the real custodians of the indigenous knowledge system; they have considerably higher knowledge on sustainable eco system management practices against that of males. Women have effectively used indigenous knowledge in optimally managing agriculture and other resources for their sustainable living. Also, the knowledge and practices of utilization and conservation of medicinal plants, ethno-medicinal and ethno-veterinary treatments by women of the region are vast. This knowledge has broad implications for mountain development in the region. The study confirms the view that biodiversity conservation and management is not only about conserving species, genetic resources, and ecosystems, but also social-ecological processes that are highly gendered, and conservation of traditional knowledge must remain at its focus.
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Gender in the management of traditional knowledge: A case study of natural resource management in the central Himalaya.
This study aims to enhance understanding of the dynamic relationship among biodiversity and natural resource conversation, and traditional knowledge of management, gender, and livelihoods in the central Himalayan region. Based on a review of literature and field-based case studies on the ground, it provides important insights on the different ways in which women and men in the Himalayas conserve and restore biodiversity. In particular, it analyses the critical role of women in conserving and managing rangelands, forests, and agro-ecosystems. Indigenous knowledge is an important resource that has enormous potential to facilitate the development process in cost effective and sustainable ways. It governs almost all important productive resource sectors and revolves around traditional values of resource use. The study revealed that women are the real custodians of the indigenous knowledge system; they have considerably higher knowledge on sustainable eco system management practices against that of males. Women have effectively used indigenous knowledge in optimally managing agriculture and other resources for their sustainable living. Also, the knowledge and practices of utilization and conservation of medicinal plants, ethno-medicinal and ethno-veterinary treatments by women of the region are vast. This knowledge has broad implications for mountain development in the region. The study confirms the view that biodiversity conservation and management is not only about conserving species, genetic resources, and ecosystems, but also social-ecological processes that are highly gendered, and conservation of traditional knowledge must remain at its focus.
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