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Explore how women around the world are leading conservation efforts in their local communities and on a global scale
See the wide-ranging discussion of the theme within a full-length film and book, and within many community stories, videos, webinars, presentations and publications…

A freely-available book with inspiring community stories from around the world…

A powerful documentary film with stories of local action and community solutions…

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Community Stories

Koh Sralao is a small 300 household mangrove-estuarine fishing village on the southwestern coast of Cambodia. Fishers have spoken about fish declines for decades and continue to be concerned about fish stocks...

Due to a number of factors, Odisha is one of the poorest states in India. The Samudram Women’s Federation, a state level federation of women fish workers and a social enterprise, is working to reduce poverty and protect biodiversity....

Webinars

Join researcher and environmental activist Sadie Beaton as she describes her journey to better understand the meaning and motivations for environmental justice in Mi’kma’ki, the indigenous Mi’kmaq lands on Canada’s Atlantic coast. This multimedia presentation will focus on a current environmental justice issue – resistance......

Presentations

Publications

Macnaughton, A., Rainville, T.K., Coca, C. I., Ward, E., Wojciechowski, M.J. and Carolsfeld, J. 2016. Gender Transformative Approaches with Socially and Environmentally Vulnerable Groups: Indigenous Fishers of the Bolivian Amazon. In: J. Parkins, J. Njuki and A. Kaler (Eds.) Transforming Gender and Food Security in the Global South. Routledge and IDRC. 312p.