Tue, 02 Oct 2007 - Sun, 08 Jun 2008, Organizer: CIHEAM, Spain, Zaragosa. Beginning of the 2nd part of the international Master "Integrated planning for rural development and environmental management" - Meeting

These workshops will guide young researchers towards the state-of-the-art of multi-disciplinary and cutting edge research, applying an open-space and open-mind environment where participants are mentored by experienced scientists, and encouraged to interact and ask all those questions they could never ask in conventional workshops.

Although women play key roles in forest protection and conservation, policies and laws are biased in favor of men, said the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today at the opening of a gender workshop for forestry in Africa.

“Why are forests especially important in the lives of women? Far more women than men, in the developing world, are farmers, cutters and users of woodfuel, collectors and traders of minor forest products, and tenders of livestock,” remarked Esther Obeng Dapaah, Minister of Lands, Forestry and Mines of Ghana in her keynote address.