Gender-specific perspectives of mangrove ecosystem services: Case study from Bua Province, Fiji Islands
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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 -