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