Gestion participative et populations locales dans cinq aires protégées du Chili et de l'Argentine

Abstract

The aim of this contribution is to introduce some experiences of participatory management in various protected areas in the Andes (Central and Patagonian) bordering Chile and Argentina. The different cases study will be, in the Central Andes : the "World Cultural Landscape" of Quebrada de Humahuaca and the Baritu National Park in the North-West of Argentina, respectively located in the Provinces of Jujuy and Salta, the National Reserve Los Flamencos, located in the heart of the Atacama desert in the Chilean Norte Grande (Antofagasta Region) ; and in the Patagonian Andes : the Nahuel Huapi National Park in Argentina, crossbordering Rio Negro and Neuquèn Provinces and Puyehue National Park in the Lake Region in Chile. These fields have in common the particularity to be in the heart of trans-border tourism territories characterised by emerging cooperations between the two countries regarding management and regulation of tourists 'movements and nature conservation. The participatory management of the different protected areas is affected by local contexts and national prerogatives in very centralised countries like Argentina and Chile but is marked, as well, by common apprehension of indigenous people having an ambiguous status in the different situations. The border position of these protected areas is an excellent opportunity to put in place new management tools to reconnect old historical cultural links between the different indigenous groups of these trans-border touristy territories.