ROLE OF WOMEN IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY IN NORTH EAST INDIA

Abstract

Women play critical role in managing natural resources on family and community levels. In communities around the world, women manage water, sources for fuel, and food, as well as the both agricultural terrain. Across the world women play critical roles in relation to natural environment. North East India is the bio-diversity hotspot of India. This region is full of natural resources and people of this region is living with the nature .This paper tries to look out the role of women in environmental management. The major objective of this paper is to understand the role of women in environmental protection. This paper also tries to explore how the women of north east India is contributing towards managing the diversity of ecosystem. This paper is based on secondary data and qualitative by nature.