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The '''Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources,''' commonly known as ('''CAMPFIRE,''') is a pioneering Zimbabwean [[Community Based Natural ResourceZimbabwe]]an Management|community-based natural resource management (CBNRM)]] programprogramme. It is amongone of the first programs to consider wildlife as renewable, natural resources, andwhile toaddressing the allocation allocateof its ownership to indigenous peoples in and around conservation protected areas.{{sfn|Satchel|1996}}

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The '''Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources,''' commonly known as '''CAMPFIRE,''' is a pioneering Zimbabwean [[Community Based Natural Resource Management|community-based natural resource management (CBNRM)]] program. It is among the first programs to consider wildlife as renewable, natural resources, and to allocate its ownership to indigenous peoples in and around conservation protected areas.{{sfn|Satchel|1996}}

==History==

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==Structure==

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==United States involvement==

The US federal government has invested significant resources in CAMPFIRE, principally through [[USAID]]. By 1997 a total of, $7 million had been donated. Asto the someprogramme. ofThis support created controversy in US politics, due to the organization's policy positions, ofwhich thestood organizationin direct conflictedopposition withto US legislation,. particularlyThis onconflict brought about significant concern regarding the questionprogramme ofand the legality of marketing products from endangered species, this created controversy in US politics.{{sfn|Rowe|1997}}

==Results==

At one point, CAMPFIRE leadership chose to invest communal development funds from tourism revenue to build a beer hall. {{sfn|Archabald and Naughton|2001}}

==See also==

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==Notes==

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==References==