TY - JOUR

T1 - Gender-specific perspectives of mangrove ecosystem services

T2 - Case study from Bua Province, Fiji Islands

AU - Pearson, Jasmine

AU - McNamara, Karen

AU - Nunn, Patrick

PY - 2019/8/1

Y1 - 2019/8/1

N2 - In many Pacific Island Countries, mangroves deliver ecosystem goods and services that are essential to the livelihoods of local people. For coastal and rural communities throughout Fiji, it is common for women to be the main caretakers of mangroves, and to access and utilise their resources on a regular basis. This paper explores local perspectives of Fijian men and women on the use, benefit and value of mangrove ecosystems. Across six rural villages within the Bua Province, Fiji, a series of semi-structured household interviews (n = 41) were undertaken, coupled with participant observation. These findings provide insights into how gender roles influence the ways people value and interact with local ecosystems. This paper concludes with a call to incorporate gender into ecosystem-service valuation and management interventions so that they can produce sustainable and equitable livelihood outcomes.

AB - In many Pacific Island Countries, mangroves deliver ecosystem goods and services that are essential to the livelihoods of local people. For coastal and rural communities throughout Fiji, it is common for women to be the main caretakers of mangroves, and to access and utilise their resources on a regular basis. This paper explores local perspectives of Fijian men and women on the use, benefit and value of mangrove ecosystems. Across six rural villages within the Bua Province, Fiji, a series of semi-structured household interviews (n = 41) were undertaken, coupled with participant observation. These findings provide insights into how gender roles influence the ways people value and interact with local ecosystems. This paper concludes with a call to incorporate gender into ecosystem-service valuation and management interventions so that they can produce sustainable and equitable livelihood outcomes.

KW - Gender equity

KW - Local environmental knowledge (LEK)

KW - Mangroves

KW - Pacific Island Countries

KW - Sustainable livelihoods

KW - Ecosystems Research

KW - Gender and Diversity

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068572460&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100970

DO - 10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100970

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 38

JO - Ecosystem Services

JF - Ecosystem Services

SN - 2212-0416

M1 - 100970

ER -