Authors:
WILONDJA-AS-NGOBOBO Paulin, RABEMANANJARA ZO Hasina, SADIKI BYOMBUKA Onésime, RAMAMONJISOA BRUNO and MUBALAMA KAKIRA Léonard, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Abstract:
Cross-border cooperation is gaining momentum across Africa, giving rise to a new type of
natural resource management: shared management. The importance of this type of cooperation
lies in the pooling of conservation efforts. The idea of this article is to contribute to this debate
by analysing the functioning of transboundary governance in the field of natural resources within
a transboundary conservation area (CTA) by providing an overview of the challenges caused by
the institutionalisation of transboundary cooperation in the transboundary space. It is a question
of taking into account the pernicious consequences of the cross-border project on symbolic
representations, but also at the level of the cross-border institutional frameworks put in place. To
provide an overview of these perverse effects and their nature, the methodology used is based on
the analysis of perceptions and the study of the actors' interactions. The issue of shared
management in a transboundary context is addressed through seven comparative case studies: W
Park, Mount Nimba, Ziama-Wonogizi-Wologizi, Outamba Kilili Pensely Soya, Télé-Lac Tumba,
Tri National de la Sangha and Virunga. |
