Editing Protected area (section)

=== China ===
China, a [[megadiverse country]], has begun implementing various protected areas in recent years. As of the year 2017, China has nearly [[List of protected areas of China|10,000 to 12,000 protected areas]], 80% of which are nature reserves aiming to foster [[biodiversity]] conservation.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Hayes |first1=Shelley |last2=Egli |first2=Daniel |date=26 May 2022 |title=Directory of Protected Areas in East Asia |url=https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/PAPS-011.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811105921/https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/PAPS-011.pdf |archive-date=2022-08-11 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SP" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Is China stepping up its nature conservation? |url=https://chinadialogue.net/en/nature/is-china-stepping-up-in-nature-conservation/ |access-date=26 May 2022 |website=China Dialogue |date=28 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> These newly implemented reserves safeguard a range of ecosystems, from tropical forests to marine habitats.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bohorquez |first1=John J. |last2=Xue |first2=Guifang |last3=Frankstone |first3=Timothy |last4=Grima |first4=Maria M. |last5=Kleinhaus |first5=Karine |last6=Zhao |first6=Yiyi |last7=Pikitch |first7=Ellen K. |date=12 November 2021 |title=China's little-known efforts to protect its marine ecosystems safeguard some habitats but omit others |journal=Science Advances |language=en |volume=7 |issue=46 |pages=eabj1569 |doi=10.1126/sciadv.abj1569 |issn=2375-2548 |pmc=8589307 |pmid=34767454|bibcode=2021SciA....7.1569B }}</ref> These protected areas encompass nearly 20% of China's land area.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Xu |first1=Weihua |last2=Pimm |first2=Stuart L. |last3=Du |first3=Ao |last4=Su |first4=Yang |last5=Fan |first5=Xinyue |last6=An |first6=Li |last7=Liu |first7=Jianguo |last8=Ouyang |first8=Zhiyun |date=1 September 2019 |title=Transforming Protected Area Management in China |journal=Trends in Ecology & Evolution |language=en |volume=34 |issue=9 |pages=762–766 |doi=10.1016/j.tree.2019.05.009 |pmid=31301875 |s2cid=196613762 |issn=0169-5347|doi-access=free |bibcode=2019TEcoE..34..762X}}</ref>