摘要：This paper presents a comparative study of forest management across four countries in EastAfrica and Latin America: Kenya, Uganda, Bolivia, and Mexico. It focuses on one question: Do varyingproportions of women (low, mixed, high) in forest user groups influence their likelihood of adopting forestresource enhancing behavior. We found that higher proportions of females in user groups, and especiallyuser groups dominated by females, perform less well than mixed groups or male dominated ones. Wesuggest that these differences may be related to three factors: gender biases in technology access anddissemination, a labor constraint faced by women, and a possible limitation to women's sanctioningauthority. Mixed female and male groups offer an avenue for exploiting the strengths of women and men,while tempering their individual shortcomings
关键词：forest management; gender; sustainability; user groups
