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Women’s role in conserving biodiversity is neglected worldwide. Here’s how India can change that
Publish Date: 04-07-2018
Women’s role in conserving biodiversity is neglected worldwide. Here’s how India can change that
Source: S. Gopikrishna Warrier/Mongabay.
Jul 02, 2018 · 08:30 pm
Anjana Vencatesan
A country as diverse as India is a grand source of examples of traditional knowledge and gendered knowledge in particular.Women become repositories of biodiversity knowledge by working in their farms and with their animals over decades. These oral knowledge systems are getting short shrift in the modern systems.