Contents
Foreword
Section 1: Women and Natural Resource Management: An Introduction
Why Women in Natural Resource Management?
Aims of this Manual
The Asia region
Women and Natural Resource Management – The Way Forward
Exercises – Introduction
Exercises 1-4
Section 2: Learning From Rural Women
Talking to Women
What Can We Learn From Rural Women?
Exercise 5
How Can We Learn From Rural Women?
Exercise 6
Learning About Resource Use
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Local Management of Resources
Exercise 9
Exercise 10
What Happens Next?
Section 3: Case Studies in Natural Resource Management
Using the Case Studies
Involving Women in Natural Resource Management in Bangladesh
Wasteland Development in India
Agroforestry and Home Gardens in Sri Lanka
Community Forestry in India
The Aga Khan Rural Support Programme in Pakistan
What Can We Learn From the Case Studies?
Exercises
Section 4: Conservation Techniques
Conservation of Natural Resources
Soil Conservation
Water Conservation
Water Irrigation at Sarai Village in India
Dong Irrigation System in Assam, India
Storage Systems
Tank Irrigation in Chandrapur, India
Energy Conservation
Organic Farming Systems
Elimination of Pesticides: A Case Study From Bangladesh
Section 5: Further Information
List of Organisations
Bibliography
Glossary