Land : women at the centre of the food crisis / Irene Dankelman and Joan Davidson -- Women in the fight against desertification / Marie Monimart -- Restoring the balance : women and forest resources / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations -- Under the cooking pot : the political economy of the domestic fuel crisis in rural South Asia / Bina Agarwal -- Women, water and sanitation / United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) -- The urban context : women, settlements and the environment / Caroline Moser, Frances Dennis and Dulce Castleton -- Standing up for trees : women's role in the Chipko Movement / Shobita Jain -- The Bankura story : rural women organize for change / Nalini Singh.