Table of Contents

Foreword Section 1: Women and Natural Resource Management: An Introduction The Contents and Who Will Use the Manual Women: Essential Partners The Pacific Region Sustainable Resources: Problems The Extent of the Problems The Roots of the Problems Rural Women are Especially Affected The Task Women, Development and Environment; Achievements to Date Ways Forward for Society Approaches for Specific Projects Sensitivity to Culture Two Stories of Environmental Degradation Section 2: Learning From Rural Women Why Ask Women? What Do Rural Women Know? What Do Rural Women Know About Their Environment? Collecting Information and Encouraging Women to Use It Rapid Rural Appraisal RRA Techniques Understanding Conflicts of Interest Changes in the Environment Understanding Local Institutions and Groups Using Knowledge from an RRA Practical Points for Carrying Out an RRA Section 3: Case Studies in Natural Resource Management Restoring Degraded Lands and Improving Subsistence Agriculture in Wau-Bulolo, Papua New Guinea Women’ Leadership to Promote Possibilities for Community Forest Management Home Gardening and Family Nutrition Project in Rarotonga, Cook Islands An Aquaculture Project in Western Samoa A Community Health Project in Tuvalu Environmentally Sensitive Development Planning at Community Level in the Solomon Islands Kolombangara Rural Electrification Programme What the Case Studies Show What are the Criteria for Success? Can The Success of These Examples be Reproduced Elsewhere? Exercises Section 4: Conservation Techniques Women and Conservation Technology Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the South Pacific Some Useful Trees for Agroforestry Reclamation of Human Wastes and Household Organic Matter Subsistence Fisheries in the South Pacific Section 5: Learning Units: Women and Natural Resource Management Learning Unit 1 – Getting to Know Each Other Learning Unit 2 – Communication Styles Learning Unit 3 – Objectives and Expectations Learning Unit 4 – The Context Learning Unit 5 – Finding the Roots of the Problems Unit 6 – Gender and Environment (part i) Unit 7 – Gender and Environment (part ii) Unit 8 – Role Play Unit 9 – Glossary Unit 10 – Interviewing Rural People: Why Women? Unit 11 – Interviewing Styles Unit 12 – Mapping Local Resources Unit 13 – Men and Women’s Workloads Unit 14 – Preference Ranking Unit 15 – Conflict and Collaboration Unit 16 – Learning About Environmental Changes Unit 17 – Local Institutions and Groups Unit 18 –Community Use of Resources Unit 19 – Meeting Different Needs Unit 20 – Technologies for Sustainable Use of Resources Unit 21 – The Integrity of Creation Closing Session – Evaluation Section 6: Posters Glossary