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Despite playing a major role in biodiversity conservation, forest management and restoration—such as through intergenerational transmission of traditional knowledge, keeping seeds, energy generation, collection of traditional food and medicine, and sustainable livelihoods—women and indigenous peoples are often excluded from participation in local, national, and global natural resources governance, especially managerial positions and decision-making bodies. They are also  often systematically excluded from accessing, owning, and controlling land and resources.

Read the Women’s Major Group statement on SDG 15: Land, Biodiversity, Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights. Download here.