Gender and green governance in himalayas: A review of the major theoretical concerns

Green thinkers and theorists have in the past century tried to go beyond traditional models of research and theory in environmental studies and to seek green alternatives for the future. Research on gender and green governance in most disciplines has focused mainly on women's near absence from forestry institutions. Environmentalists studying environmental collective action and green governance have paid little attention to the question of gender. Interdisciplinary researches have in the past three decades attempted to present an analysis that is conceptually sophisticated and statistically rigorous, using primary data on community forestry institutions in Himalayan regions of India and Nepal. All researches and theoretical constructions share the basic view that to be effective and legitimate, the governance of sustainable development requires bottom up planning and people's participation. There is an ongoing focus in theory on the intersection between gender and climate change and also alarm on how there are still many obstacles impeding the inclusion and influence of a number of different marginalised groups, including women in green governance in mountain regions of India. All emergent theories reaffirm that green governance is increasingly significant at the academic and empirical level as it is critical to the management of natural resources and sustainable development.