Women and Natural Resources in Afghanistan
Publisher: United Nations Environment Programme
Author(s): United Nations Environment Programme
Date: 2009
Topics: Climate Change, Gender, Renewable Resources
Countries: Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a beautiful country with a rich history. Today it faces enormous challenges. Afghanistan’s terrain is mountainous, dry, and subject to extreme droughts and devastating floods. Decades of conflict coupled with abuse, overexploitation and mismanagement of its natural resources have decimated its forests, degraded its rangelands and wetlands, and greatly compromised its future prosperity. While this environmental devastation affects all Afghans, women and children are particularly vulnerable.