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Previous research on the relationship between gender and corruption suggests that women and men experience, participate in, profit and lose from natural resource corruption differently. Anti-corruption strategies aimed at improving natural resource management and conservation outcomes should therefore try to understand these differences; otherwise, they may miss critical opportunities and constraints. In that vein, Jessica Graham, with JG Global Advisory, interviewed experts on Africa’s first three female anti-poaching units. Her conversations (interviewees listed at the end of this post) suggest that these units may offer a unique contribution to preventing the types of corruption that undermine conservation in protected areas. Since the formation of these three initiatives, approximately 200 women rangers have been trained and deployed. No incidence of corruption has been reported among them, and internal reviews cited by the founders suggest that the areas under contr
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Seven Days writers can t possibly read, much less review, all the books that arrive in a steady stream by post, email and, in one memorable case, a team of jingling reindeer pulling a sleigh. So this monthly feature is our way of introducing you to a handful of books by Vermont authors. To do that, we contextualize each book just a little and quote a single representative sentence from, yes, page 32. Inclusion here implies neither approval nor derision on our part, but simply: Here are a bunch of books, arranged alphabetically by authors names, that
Seven Days readers might like to know about. And this month, because Santa brought us so many books, we re giving you a double helping.