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How do gender relations affect people's knowledge, use and control of and impact on natural resources? The Funda?Æo Vit¢ria Amaz?nica (FVA) is a local NGO which has carried out pioneer work on gender, community participation and partnership building in their conservation activities in the Ja£ National Park (PNJ). They are part of the MERGE (Managing Resources and Ecosystems with Gender Emphasis) programme, funded by USAID and coordinated by the University of Florida. PNJ is the largest National Park in Brazil and the largest protected area of tropical forest in the world.