Nowadays Chinese government pays more and more attention to environmental protection.
The number of nature reserves and the size of protected areas have increased sharply in China.
The establishment of nature reserves limits economic development of surrounding
communities to some extent. Co-management is chosen as a strategy for handling the
contradiction between environmental protection and community development. This paper
chose NabanHe National Nature Reserve (NNNR) as case study. It overviewed the
background of NNNR, and analyzed livelihoods change brought about by activities of
co-management. On the basis of this analysis, it discusses how co-management enables
livelihoods change in context of creating natural reserves. It also discusses the rights and
duties involved in co-management arrangement
