Gender and trees in Péni, south-western Burkina Faso. Women's needs, strategies and challenges

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-76

  Gausset, Quentin ^a   Yago Ouattara, Emma Lucie ^b   Belem, Bassirou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE SEMENCES FORESTIÈRES   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Environmental conflict; Environmental management; Land tenure; Non timber forest products; Women's agency

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GENDER RELATIONS; LAND RIGHTS; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; PENI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 24344492940     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2005.10649527     Document Type: Article

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