Climate Change highlights need for women to take greater role in forest Management, say experts

Esther Mwangi, CIFOR scientist give her comments on women role in forest."It is worrying that despite women's increasingly recognized contribution to forest management, they are not yet at the forefront of forestry decision-making."The United Nations has declared 2011 the International Year of Forests, which provides an excellent platform to revisit the challenges of promoting women's involvement in forestry, she said. "As governments rearrange their policies and create new regulations ahead of the implementation of programs for REDD+, women's involvement in decision-making in forest management and conservation should be a top priority."