The United Nations envisaged that by year 2030, women all over the world will have a voice and be heard and will be fully participate with equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision making in political, economic and public life, women will have equal right to all economic resources including ownership and control of land in accordance with national laws. In Nigeria, women account for over 49% of the total population with 51.4% rural population. Logically over 20% of women in Nigeria live in the rural area and depend on environmental resources (forests) for their daily needs. These women have vital role in the conservation and maintenance of a sustainable ecosystem due to their closeness to this resources. They have intuitive abilities when it comes to the sustenance and management of forest resources because they are the major forest users who depends on the forest for the basic daily needs of their family. They are the herbalist, the gatherer and collectors of forest products. These women have a repository of valuable medical plants and trees, the parts to be used and how it is used, this knowledge is transferred from one generation of women to another thus preserving these indigenous knowledge.

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