Proceedings of the Seminar "Women and Forestry"held in Viseu, Portugal from 2 to 6 april 2001. Organized by the Government of Portugal and under the auspices of the Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Committee on Forest Technology, Management and Training in cooperation with IUFRO. Participants from 23 countries attended the seminar. The main objective was to analyse the current status, the obstacles and opportunities for women in the forestry sector. It was expected that the seminar would be able to point out what change was desirable and most importantly, to recommend strategies capable of bringing about that change.

Type of Case
Printed publication (book, sourcebook, journal article…)

Publisher
FAO

Region
Europe

Biome
Temperate

Forest Type
All forest types (natural and planted)

Primary Designated Function
All