The Second Worldwide Symposium on Gender and Forestry, in Arusha, Tanzania, will focus on women and forestry, gender, poverty and sustainable development, forest resource utilization and income generating activities for local people, ideology, religion and environmental responsibility.

Interested parties may still be able to organize roundtable workshops on related themes, or to submit abstracts for papers and posters by contacting Dr. Merete Furuberg, Hedmark University College, Evenstad, 2480 Koppang, Norway. Email: merete.furuberg@hedmark-f.kommune.no. (Telefax: +47 62 945753, Telephone: +47 90 163092) or Prof. Ruth Meena. email: envirocare_2002@yahoo.com

Organizers: University of Dar-es-Salaam, Sokoine University, College of African Wildlife Management, Mweka - all in Tanzania; Gender & Forestry Research Group, and the Special Programme for Developing Countries, IUFRO; Hedmark University College, Norway; Environmental, Human Rights Care and Gender Organisation; CIFOR.