what we doWe strengthen participation of indigenous and rural women in forest conservation and governance and promote women’s rights and gender-responsiveness in forest-related policies from local to global. We strengthen community organisations, women’s groups and their initiatives and their autonomy so they can represent themselves and gain access to land and tenure rights. We gather evidence to show the link between gender (in) equality, drivers of deforestation and forest conservation. Participation of indigenous and rural women in forest conservation and governance Deforestation is the world’s second largest source of CO2 emissions. Halting climate change is impossible without protecting the remaining forests. Women, in all their diversities, are disproportionately affected by deforestation. They face multiple forms of discrimination based on gender but also on class, age and ethnicity amongst others. Often land ownership, tenure and resource rights are allocated to men. Valuable traditional knowledge that women hold about forest management and food production is often ignored. Global Report Women 2030 Think before you buy: choose products with less hazardous substances Documentary: What has gender got to do with chemicals? Related publicationsview all Related projectsGreen Livelihood Alliance Latest December 7, 2022Call for proposals: Apply for €22,000 in support of local work on renovation November 20, 2022HerStoryOfChange – Agnes Mirembe, Executive Director of ARUWE, Action for Rural Women’s Empowerment, Uganda November 18, 2022“Here your superheroes are: we’re women” | VIDEO November 14, 2022Meet the winners of the “Gender Just Climate Solutions” Awards Green Livelihood AllianceThe ‘Forests for a Just Future’ programme of the Green Livelihoods Alliance (GLA) will contribute to the protection of tropical forests and the people who directly depend on those forests. With partner organisations in Africa, South East Asia and South America the GLA works to govern tropical forests in a sustainable and inclusive way. Urgent and ambitious climate action and forest protection and preservation is critical for sustaining all life on earth. Deforestation is not only causing climate change, but climate change is also contributing to further deforestation and forest degradation, setting in motion a vicious cycle with devastating effects. Deforestation is mainly driven by large-scale agriculture, especially for palm oil, soy and cattle ranching, by pressure due to increased areas for subsistence farming, by forest fires, by extractive industries such as fossil fuel extraction, mining, logging, and by infrastructure development. Learn more