Forestry: feminine plural?

In this paper the Authors discuss the results of the surveys submitted to Italian women which are engaged in various activities in the forestry sector. A quantitative analysis comes out from qualitative considerations set out by the interviews. In Italy is well known that women are rarely able to ad...

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Main Authors: Veltri A, Russo M
Format: Article
Language:Italian
Published: Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF) 2011-11-01
Series:Forest@
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Online Access:http://www.sisef.it/forest@/show.php?id=675&lang=en
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Summary:In this paper the Authors discuss the results of the surveys submitted to Italian women which are engaged in various activities in the forestry sector. A quantitative analysis comes out from qualitative considerations set out by the interviews. In Italy is well known that women are rarely able to advance in employment and there are few women in managerial positions. The Authors conclude that the forestry sciences are not yet feminine plural.
ISSN:1824-0119