Abstract
The last two decades have seen significant changes in the policy objectives of protected area systems. The World Conservation Strategy (WWF, IUCN … UNEP, 1980) was one of the first of many documents to link conservation with development agendas. However, a policy of integrated conservation and development has also raised a substantial number of conceptual problems on the compatibility of conservation and development agendas. The capacity of two systems of management in meeting both objectives in the Garamba ecosystem is explored: centralised management by the state and local systems of management by local institutions and individuals.
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de Merode, E. (2005). Protected Areas & Decentralisation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In: Homewood, K. (eds) Rural Resources & Local Livelihoods in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-06615-2_3
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