Environmental Assessment of Development Projects A Guide for Managers and Planners

Biodiversity and Gender for Sustainable Development is a specialist publication, evolved out of many years of subregional, regional and pan-Commonwealth experience of education and training under the aegis of the Commonwealth Secretariat. The publication provides an unprecedented insight into the two subject areas of Biodiversity and Gender. It takes cognisance of the Convention of Biological Diversity which recognises "the vital importance that women play in the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and affirms the need for the full participation of women at all levels of policy-making and implementation for biological diversity conservation". This is not withstanding the fact that both women and men must exist in a mutually-beneficial partnership and strategic alliance that is poised to enable equal say in the decision-making process on the sustainable utilisation of biodiversity as well as facilitate equitable distribution of responsibilities for its conservation. The book is analytic and integrative in approach, clear in presentation and broad on the essential a concept of biodiversity, ranging from basic fundamentals to policy implications and biodiversity research innovation. The book is targeted at environmentalists, natural resource scientists, environmental practitioners, including planners and policy makers on national environmental issues.