Projects

The combination of biodiversity losses and climate change crisis is a complex stressor in livelihood development. Women and men use and access natural resources and ecosystems differently. By virtue of their social roles, women depend more on, and interact closely with natural resources such as land, water, and vegetation. Traditionally women have played a key but marginal role in natural resource and biodiversity management. Utariri promotes equitable leadership and ownership roles. The programme identifies mid-to-long term interventions towards sustainable solutions, where communities participate in the economic dividends from biodiversity to improve their livelihoods, while exercising stewardship in their communities.