Das Projekt "Kultur, Geschichte und Wahrnehmungen von Wiederansiedelung - Eine Grundlagenstdie ueber sechs Doerfer im Korup Nationalpark" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Universität Frankfurt, Institut für Historische Ethnologie durchgeführt. Resettlement is highly debated in the international discussion. There is no general agreement whether people should be part of a national park or not. Experience of the past has shown that there is a high risk that people who have been resettled become poorer than they were before. In the masterplan for the park, it was agreed upon to resettle the villages living in Korup National Park. Presently there are attempts to rethink this decision and discuss again other options to resettlement. This study had the aim to assess the situation of the villagers in the park and their opinion about resettlement, about their future and that of the park. Since the Korup National Park was created in 1986, the villages living inside the park have been advised not to extend their farms and buildings anymore since resettlement was expected to take place soon. The law for national parks also prohibited them to exploit the forest as they were used to do before. The 7 villagers concerned are Bareka-Batanga, the Bakoko villages of Ikenge, Esukutan, Bera, and the Korup villages of Ikondokondo, Ekon and Erat. From the 7 villages in or near the Park only one (Ikondokondo) has completed resettlement in February 2000 - so far successfully. The other 6 villages are still there with a transitional legal status and not knowing whether the future will bring them resettlement or not. If ever these villagers will be resettled or remain inside the park, during these 14 years of waiting they have already become poorer as they were before the creation of the National Park.