Gender and Informal Rules in the Use and Management of Ecosystems" - Wonder Commonlands (WEBINAR)
Women's knowledge about protecting ecosystems from climate change in rural areas and local communities is often marginalized or underestimated, even though women typically have a predominant role in using, collecting and managing resources in small communities, as well as in maintaining the social ties that sustain community life.
Join the second in a series of webinars on the Wonder Commonlands project - a pan-European initiative that promotes the social inclusion of women and young girls from the EU and their participation in community life and decision-making for the management of common lands.
The webinar aims to identify and disseminate women's knowledge on the use, management and care of ecosystems, including traditional ecological knowledge.
When?
May 8, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
May 9, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
May 15, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
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Local ecological knowledge has developed through the transmission of knowledge from generation to generation, through experimentation, experience, adaptation and co-evolution over long periods of time. It is a rich source of information on how to care for ecosystems for sustainable food production, animal welfare and human survival in marginal conditions.
The webinar will feature female speakers with academic and practical expertise to present diverse perspectives on the roles they play in their communities: 1) as users and protectors of natural resources; 2) as bearers of intergenerational traditional ecological knowledge; 3) as leaders of collective action for inclusive management and protection of nature.