A short description of the IGNARM network
Indigenous men and women often relate to and use
natural resources in different ways, both in their everyday lives and
according to their cosmologies. Yet, these differences are often neglected
in the design and practical implementation of externally supported
interventions – whether being interventions aimed at development, natural
resource management and conservation or research. Moreover, it seems that
more is known about indigenous men’s relation to and use of natural
resources than that of indigenous women, and that men rather than women
are involved in the planning and implementation of externally supported
interventions.
On this background, five organizations –
WWF-Denmark,
IWGIA,
KULU-Women and Development,
Nepenthes and
DIIS – all based in
Denmark but each having its particular focus and expertise, have decided
to form a network in order to share, explore and strengthen their
experiences and knowledge within the field emerging at the intersection
between indigenous peoples, gender and natural resource management.
Within a two-year time frame (2003-2005), the
network will:
- compile experiences – both practical and
research-based – concerning the interplay between indigenous peoples,
gender and natural resource management. This compilation of experiences
will take place in the network organizations themselves and their
partner organizations, among indigenous resource persons and in various
international institutions
- build an internet-based database presenting these
experiences
- develop a ‘state-of-the-art’ paper summarizing
these experiences and identifying achievements and gaps in the
understanding and practice concerning the interplay of indigenous
peoples, gender and natural resource management in project design and
implementation as well as in research
- identify or formulate recommendations, guidelines
and practical tools which facilitate the integration of indigenous
peoples, gender and natural resource management in practical project
design and implementation
- arrange workshops in order to increase awareness
within the network organizations themselves as well as more broadly in
donor agencies like Danida and other organizations of the importance of
taking into account the interplay between indigenous peoples, gender and
natural resource management in practical project design and
implementation.
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