Women and landscape restoration: a preliminary assessment of women-led restoration activities in Cameroon

Mbile, P.; Atangana, Alain; Mbenda, Rosette

doi:10.1007/s10668-018-0165-4

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“…The articles selected for analysis were organized in reverse chronological order, spanning 27 articles from 2023 [35][36][37][38][39], 2022 [40][41][42][43][44][45], 2021 [46][47][48][49][50], 2020 [51][52][53][54][55], and 2019 [56][57][58][59][60][61]. Among the retrieved literature, the research methods employed were categorized into quantitative and qualitative analyses.…”

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“…In the context of land capitalization, understanding the environmental impact and balancing the trade-off between economic and ecological considerations is crucial [50,53]. Additionally, the unchecked development and excessive capitalization of land can necessitate a forced transformation in the mode of land capitalization, potentially hindering sustainable land development [56].…”

Section: Land Capitalization and Land Valuementioning

confidence: 99%

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A Review of Rural Land Capitalization: Current Status and Further Research

Fan,

Zhang,

Chen

et al. 2024

Land

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Land stands as a crucial factor in the production process. The rational allocation of land resources and the enhancement of land use efficiency play pivotal roles in maintaining stable economic development. Various land use types facilitate the capitalization of land resources through activities such as land transfer, land investment, and large-scale land management. Presently, certain regions grapple with challenges characterized by abundant land resources, insufficient utilization of land elements, and a low degree of utilized land capitalization. To address these issues, scholars employ diverse research methods, delving into land capitalization from various perspectives. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the current academic research on land capitalization. It elucidates the conceptual nuances inherent in the process of land capitalization, traces the historical evolution of land capitalization, and establishes a research framework that considers land appreciation, ownership relationships, and functional transformations. By synthesizing and analyzing the existing research on land capitalization, this paper outlines the current status and identifies future research directions. It is concluded that land appropriation, ownership relationships and functional transformations are the three most important elements in the process of land capitalization. The paper proposes objectives for achieving high-quality development while avoiding excessive capitalization and the aim is to propel land capitalization as a catalyst for rural economic development.

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Section: Land Capitalization and Land Valuementioning

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A Review of Rural Land Capitalization: Current Status and Further Research

Fan,

Zhang,

Chen

et al. 2024

Land

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“…Our results regarding restoration practitioners mirror this reality, showing that further efforts are needed to truly conquer equality among ecosystem restoration professionals. Women are crucial stakeholders in rural areas, where many restoration practices take place (Ceccon et al 2020; Wells et al 2021), and this role is significantly important in developing countries (Mbile et al 2019). Thus, they should be included in the implementation of restoration initiatives that truly satisfy society's needs (de Siqueira et al 2021).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender bias in ecosystem restoration: from science to practice

Cruz‐Alonso

Martínez‐Baroja

Marqués

et al. 2022

Restoration Ecology

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The declaration of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2020-2030 has established the need to focus on human rights in restoration initiatives, including gender equality. Although this goal raises a need to monitor gender biases on ecosystem restoration, we still lack basic gender information and evaluations on the current situation. The main purpose of this study is to analyze gender bias in ecosystem restoration covering three dimensions: research, outreach, and practice. We used scientific publications from the Restoration Ecology journal, mentions of these articles in Altmetric Explorer and Twitter, and projects from the Society for Ecological Restoration's database. First, we study gender bias among people leading ecosystem restoration initiatives in the three dimensions. Second, we assessed factors that could influence gender bias, including year, target ecosystem and socioeconomic country development. Third, we analyzed whether the impact of scientific knowledge in society depends on the gender of the scientific team. Our results indicate that men were primary leaders in research, outreach, and practice initiatives in ecosystem restoration. There seems to be a trend over time towards equality in research, but gender inequality is still present in most types of ecosystems, with women leading more projects in more developed countries. The impact of scientific knowledge is independent of the author's gender, but research of male senior authors seems to reach society more easily. This broad perspective of inequality in the three dimensions can evolve towards gender equality, by applying gender approaches in restoration policies and initiatives. KEY WORDSgender bias; equality; gender gap; leadership; leaky pipeline; women in science IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE • Gender inequality persists within research, outreach and practice in ecosystem restoration, mainly in senior positions. These results can serve as a baseline for the design of equal restoration initiatives triggered by the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. • Active efforts are needed to develop initiatives and policies in ecosystem restoration to achieve equal opportunities in reaching senior research positions, equal transfer of scientific knowledge and equal participation and benefit sharing in projects, putting global efforts in countries with lower resources.• Reaching gender equality within these restoration dimensions requires incorporating gender aspects in research teams and practices, including women in decision-making and evaluation processes, assuring gender balance hiring, equal pay and funding opportunities, and recognizing women's achievements.

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“…The political pledges on FLR and the increase of local ownership of the restoration activities are the main political issues of interest to the exogenous FLR actors in SSA. For instance, in Cameroon, the government's policy to restore the landscape, coordinated by the forest and agricultural officers, is motivated by the political pledge to restore 12 million ha of the deforested or degraded landscape by 2030 (Mbile et al 2019).…”

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Outcomes of Forest Landscape Restoration Shaped by Endogenous or Exogenous Actors and Institutions? A Systematic Review on Sub-Saharan Africa

Owusu

Kimengsi

Gießen

2023

Environmental Management

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Although ambitious, forest landscape restoration (FLR) is still very high on global climate change mitigation and adaptation research and policy agendas. The scientific literature highlights the importance of institutions and actors’ collaboration for achieving the intended outcomes. Despite these diffuse indications, a comprehensive understanding of the role played by different types of actors and institutions in shaping FLR outcomes is missing. This hinders the definition of an actor-cum-institutions research agenda for FLR, especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Yet, in this region, different actors with diverse interests shape FLR practices. Likewise, formal and informal institutions are known to collide frequently. Hence, this paper addresses the lacunae by systematically reviewing FLR actors’ interests and power manifestations and the typologies of institutions linked to FLR outcomes in SSA. The review further defines future research agendas on actors and institutions in SSA. The following lessons can be drawn from the review of 75 peer-reviewed journal articles: First, while exogenous actors are interested more in the ecological benefits of FLR, endogenous actors are interested in economic ones. Second, exogenous actors mostly use (dis-)incentives and coercion to shape the behavior of endogenous actors in FLR. Finally, while the exogenous formal institutional typology produces positive and negative ecological, economic, political, and sociocultural FLR outcomes, the endogenous formal and informal institutions produce only positive outcomes. Future studies should identify actors’ compliance levels of the exogenous and endogenous formal and informal typologies of institutions. Future studies should also analyze the effectiveness of FLR-linked institutions towards ensuring successful FLR.

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Women and landscape restoration: a preliminary assessment of women-led restoration activities in Cameroon

Cited by 8 publications

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A Review of Rural Land Capitalization: Current Status and Further Research

A Review of Rural Land Capitalization: Current Status and Further Research

Gender bias in ecosystem restoration: from science to practice

Outcomes of Forest Landscape Restoration Shaped by Endogenous or Exogenous Actors and Institutions? A Systematic Review on Sub-Saharan Africa

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