Contents
Foreword
Section 1: Women and Natural Resource Management: An Introduction
The ‘Women and Natural Resource Management’ Training Programme
Users and Uses of this Manual
Uses of the Manual
Women in Focus
A Caribbean Perspective
Main Environmental Issues in the Commonwealth Caribbean Countries
Suggestions for Trainers
Section 2: Learning From Rural Women
What Kind of Knowledge Do Women Have? What Roles Do They Take?
Exercise 1
What Can We Learn From Women?
Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)
About Community Participation
How Can We Best talk With Women
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Getting a Quick Overview of Local Resources
How Can We Learn About the Workload of Women?
Exercise 5
How Can We Learn About Conflicts of Interest in a Community?
How Can We Learn About Changes in the Environment and its Management?
How Can We Learn About Local Institutions and Groups?
Reporting and Planning
Some Final Practical Points to Remember
Notes for Trainers
Section 3: Case Studies in Natural Resource Management
The Sandy Beach Women’s Ecotourism Project in Belize
Cultivation of Larouma for Craftwork by an Informal Group of Women in the Cari Territory, Dominica
The Leadership and Exemplary Roles of Women Farmers in Organic Farming, St Vincent and the Granadines
The Promotion of Medicinal Plan Production in Belize
The Organic Farming System of Women in Paramin, Trinidad & Tobago
Women’s Involvement in Waste Management: The Case of Caribbean Waste Recycling Ltd, Barbados
Survival Eco Foods, Dominica
Lessons from the Case Studies
Suggestions for Trainers
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Section 4: Conservation Techniques
Conservation of Natural Resources
Soil Erosion and Conservation
Organic Farming
Energy Conservation and Waste Management
Marine Conservation
Tourism
Household Gardens
Forest Conservation
Water Conservation
Institutional and Legislative Arrangements
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