CGIAR Gender News
Celebrating women in environmental conservation
Photo: Carlos Fernandez/Flickr
From the likes of Jane Goodall and Wangari Maathai, to Greta Thunberg, women across the generations have inspired the world to improve environmental conservation efforts.
Their work has crossed new boundaries, led to social transformations and, in the case of Maathai — who initiated a major tree planting and women’s rights movement — led to a Nobel Peace Prize.
Jane Goodall’s compassion and activism directed at protecting species and their habitats, and Greta Thunberg’s critique of the to-date fruitless business-as-usual approach to solving the climate emergency demonstrate relentless fervor.
Listen to Center for International Forestry Research's (CIFOR) conversation with Sheherazade.
