http://africantravel.com/zimcam.html
(continued at http://africantravel.com/zimcam2.html -- it's important that people read both pages)

This site is mostly text, part of a series of african tourism pages, but it focuses on a local solution to a problem most Americans don't consider: that national parks can actually take resources from native populations. In Zimbabwe, the move has been towards smaller, locally managed wildlife perserves maintained by native populations within the areas of the national park. CAMPFIRE (Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources) has been successful so far and could serve as both a model for other countries facing similar problems and as a reminder that large publicly maintained nature reserves like the US's are not always the best model for all countries.
The site says, "CAMPFIRE is simple: rural communities get to manage their own wildlife and other natural resources.... The aim is sustainable utilisation of natural resources in the interests of conservation and the relief of human poverty." So far, the site proclaims, "... it works!"

Contributed by Sarah Scheckter, sscheck@condor.sccs.swarthmore.edu, Swarthmore College '00