PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 1 Using PRA for conflict resolution in national parks: lessons from a Venezuelan experience in Canaima National Park

Document begins: PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988­2001 1 Using PRA for conflict resolution in national parks: lessons from a Venezuelan experience in Canaima National Park Iokiñe Rodríguez Introduction pen resistance towards management policies. This is expressed. in the most extreme cases. in the form of death threats to Park personnel. This article describes the experiences of a the expulsion of park guards from certain Venezuelan NGO. EcoNatura. in carrying out communities. the destruction of a park guard a conflict resolution project in Canaima National Park. Venezuela. PRA was the main post and the burning of several thousand methodological tool for research. education hectares of forest. Conflicts usually remain and action. It was the first time in Venezuela latent and manifest themselves only when that PRA had been used for conflict resolution management policies come into direct contact with the interests of the Pemón1. The Pemón ~ in a national park context. Hence. The first two increasingly demand to be involved in decision years of this project have been a learning making. for example in the granting of tourism process for all those involved in its design and implementation. We share a few of the many permits or for development projects that ...