In most cases, women are not involved in the planning, development or management of marine and coastal resources. Integrating women's and men's usage of these resources into the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs) increases the chance of both women and men participating in and benefiting from the MPA. This case study highlights the attempt to fully involve women in fisheries and coastal resource management in Cayar, Senegal - at the onset, women and men in the community were both involved in the participatory process of establishing the MPA.

The book covers the 2010 Workshop on Describing Socioeconomic Futures for Climate Change Research and Assessment, which was organized in response to help understand climate change vulnerabilities and adaptive capacity. The need for improved analysis of feedbacks between human and climate systems was one of the themes that emerged from the international workshop. The books reviews the state of science for considering socioeconomic changes over long time frames, and it clarifies definitions and concepts to facilitate communication across research communities.

This selective bibliography introduces key documents which explore the nexus between gender, environment and development. Specifically, it explores environment/people relationships and how they are gendered. Practically, the paper aims to link these issues with questions concerning environmental policy and practice. It has eleven sections. The first three sections present current debates about gender, environment and development. They are as follows: Current Debates about Environment and Development; Linking Gender and Environment; and Understanding People-Environment Relations.

Details of numerous Sustainable Rural Livelihoods websites.

This section is divided into Key Documents, and References and Bibliographies for each of the following areas: General; Biodiversity and Environment; Land Tenure and Property Rights; Crops; Livestock; Fisheries; Forestry; and Water.

Despite the evidence of rural women's importance in the conservation and management of genetic resources, policy and research continues to fail to recognise differences in gender roles. The perception of women as housewives rather than farmers masks their extensive involvement and economic interest in managing and conserving natural resources, and makes developing gender sensitive biodiversity conservation strategies difficult. Rural women are thus under-resourced, undermining local competence, solutions and biodiversity adapted to local conditions over many years.

Why are gender issues relevant for the environment? This section answers this question, highlighting the necessity for environmental policy and programmes to ensure that: interventions enhance and promote gender equality; women are fully involved in environmental decision-making processes; and the specific impacts of environmental degradation on women are tackled. In addition to explaining the relevance of gender to environmental policy and practice, the emergence of gender in mainstream environmental/development debates is detailed.

What kind of information is needed to incorporate gender issues in fisheries planning' How can this information be obtained' Based on experiences in Eastern and Southern Africa, this paper provides guidelines for inland fisheries planners on incorporating gender into their work. Key issues at both the macro- and micro-level which provide an entry point for planners in analysing and incorporating gender-related and socioeconomic issues are identified, and key questions for sectoral planning and project formulation in these areas discussed.

The Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA) has prepared a gender profile, Country Gender Analysis, for each country where they have a programme of co-operation. Each report is an overview of the situation of women in a certain country and analyses economic, political and socio-cultural aspects as well as policies and activities of civil society actors, the government and other donors. The objective is to assist in integrating gender in their programmes and policies and to identify and support local initiatives. This particular Country Gender Analysis focuses on Vietnam.

INDO-European Research Facilities for Studies on MARine Ecosystem and CLIMate in India (INDO-MARECLIM) was the first India-EU joint research initiative under the 7th Framework programme of EU co-ordinated by NERCI. The overall objective of INDO-MARECLIM was to use and extend the research infrastructure at Nansen Environmental Research Centre India (NERCI) in order to strengthen scientific cooperation within climate and marine scientific cooperation between scientists and students from India and Europe.