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The article presents an encyclopedia entry for comanagement, the process of sharing responsibility for the management of natural resources between a government agency and local stakeholders, such as rural communities, indigenous peoples, and nongovernmental organizations. It has been applied to marine and freshwater fisheries, wildlife populations, and other natural resources, as well as to national parks, forest reserves, and many other conservation settings worldwide. Although it is often touted as a novel approach to conservation, the concept actually is not entirely new. Cases in which governments have passed responsibility for managing natural resources to local communities go back to at least the nineteenth century. The first major instance in which modern conservation began to chart an alternative course occurred in western Europe when nations such as Great Britain began to establish modern protected area networks in the years after World War II. |
