 Gender-specific perspectives of mangrove ecosystem services: Case study from Bua Province, Fiji IslandsJasmine Pearson, Karen E. McNamara and Patrick D. Nunn Ecosystem Services, 2019, vol. 38, issue C, - Abstract: 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. Keywords: Local environmental knowledge (LEK); Mangroves; Gender equity; Sustainable livelihoods; Pacific Island Countries (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:ecoser:v:38:y:2019:i:c:17 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100970 Access Statistics for this article Ecosystem Services is currently edited by Leon C Braat More articles in Ecosystem Services from Elsevier |
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