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Cooperation between NGOs and government: A successful experience in Peru

Author
Suarez de Freitas G.
Journal/Series
Protected Areas Programme: Parks | Vol. 5(3); 36 - 40; 5 p.
Date
1995
Source
IUCN (ID: ANA-057746)
Publisher | Place of publication
IUCN | Gland, Switzerland
Country/Territory
Peru
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Protected area Public participation
Abstract

Since the beginning of the 1980s many Latin America and Caribbean countries have seen an increasing level of cooperation between private and volunteer organisations and national governments in the management of protected areas. These models of cooperation vary from country to country. This paper presents an account of a successful and continuing experience of cooperation between the Peruvian Foundation for the Conservation of Nature ( ProNaturaleza) and the National Administration