A comparison of the management models of protected areas between China and the African south region allows reading and evaluating the similarities and differences in the use of management model as a management tool for protected areas and specifically some positive and negative features of the management approaches in these two regions.Previous to this study it verified the designation of protected areas as increasing at a faster rate than ever before,comparatively much faster now in China than southern Africa regions.With the aim of evaluating similarities and differences in the use of management model as a management tool for protected areas in China and southern Africa Region,both qualitative and quantitative data were collected.Qualitative data were mainly from policy documents,scientific articles and magazine reports,whereas quantitative(secondary data)statistical data from International Union for Conservation of Nature Resources(IUCN)and World Database on Protected Areas(WDPA).In view of the data sources above,the study found that in China all the protected areas are state owned whilst in southern Africa regions there are some protected areas that are privately owned;also that the models or typology of governance applied are successful for the fact that they both combine co-management or collaborative management,community-conserved areas and private protected areas that are subject to greater Success and Can help design planning and management than those who use exclusively government management.To this,the study concluded that the use of management model is influenced by the type of govemance a country applies to its reserved areas.