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.
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