Bee, Beth A.Basnett, Bimbika Sijapati2023-03-162023-03-162016Bee, B. and Sijapati Basnett, B. Engendering social and environmental safeguards in REDD+: Lessons from feminist and development research. Third World Quarterly, 38(4), 787-804. DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2016.1191342http://hdl.handle.net/10342/12416This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Third World Quarterly on 2017, available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/ DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2016.1191342Drawing on feminist and development literature, this paper suggests several important lessons and considerations for building equitable approaches to REDD+. Specifically, we illustrate the conceptual and practical significance of women’s participation for achieving the goals of REDD+ as well as the limits and opportunities for gendering participation in REDD+. We argue that the standing debates over how and in what context gender becomes instrumentalised, technicalised, or institutionalised in development provide important cautionary tales for the implementation and reporting of REDD+ safeguards. By doing so, this paper contributes to the growing literature on gender, development, natural resource management, and REDD+.gender and feminismenvironmental policyREDD+forest governanceclimate changeArticle10.1080/01436597.2016.1191342