Recompositions de l’espace Taï et gouvernance du parc national dans un contexte de crise (Sud-Ouest de la Côte d’Ivoire)

Abstract

South-western Côte d'Ivoire, which belongs space Taï, is a region of immigration where are installed from 1965 allochthonous (ivorians from other regions) and alien from neighboring countries for cash crops. This has led to the scarcity of land which turned into permanent land disputes between natives and immigrants, and installing a climate of mistrust between communities. However, participatory natural resource management involving local communities, recommended or imposed for the conservation of nature, based on the fundamental argument that the social capital available to rural communities, is an important asset for the implementation of management. Governance Taï National Park is part of this vision. But the conflict environment in which there is space Taï is unfavorable to participatory management. This has negatively impacted the social capital, damaging actions OIPR based on the participation of various local communities for the conservation of the national park.