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Women's indigenous knowledge and relationship with forests in Mizoram [1]

Forests and women are strongly interconnected with each other because women, particularly those living in rural areas or mountain areas, have a deep relationship with the forest ecology because they are responsible for gathering food, fuel, fodder, leaves and water for the family.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2009
Hmingthanzuali [2], Rekha Pande [3]
Asian Agri-History [4]
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Tags:
Forests [5], Land Use [6], North East [7], Agriculture [8], Shifting Cultivation [9], Forest Resources [10], Forest Conservation [11], Deforestation [12], Women [13], Traditional Knowledge [14], Mizoram [15]

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/womens-indigenous-knowledge-and-relationship-forests-mizoram

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/womens-indigenous-knowledge-and-relationship-forests-mizoram
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/hmingthanzuali
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rekha-pande
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/asian-agri-history
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/north-east
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/shifting-cultivation
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-resources
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-conservation
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/women
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/traditional-knowledge
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mizoram