Editing British Columbia (section)

===Parks and protected areas===
{{Main|List of protected areas of British Columbia|List of British Columbia Provincial Parks}}
[[File:Snow covered mountains in Mount Robson (Unsplash).jpg|thumb|[[Mount Robson]], [[Canadian Rockies]]]]
[[File:Lake O'Hara Yoho National Park.jpg|thumb|[[Odaray Mountain]] and [[Lake O'Hara]]]]
There are 14 designations of parks and protected areas in the province that reflect the different administration and creation of these areas in a modern context. There are 141 ecological reserves, 35 provincial marine parks, 7 provincial heritage sites, 6 [[National Historic Sites of Canada]], 4 [[national park]]s and 3 national park reserves. 12.5 percent of the province's area ({{convert|114000|km2|abbr=on|disp=or}}) is considered protected under one of the 14 different designations that includes over 800 distinct areas.

British Columbia contains seven of [[National Parks of Canada|Canada's national parks]] and National Park Reserves:

* [[Glacier National Park (Canada)|Glacier National Park]]
* [[Gulf Islands National Park Reserve]]
* [[Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site]]
* [[Kootenay National Park]]
* [[Mount Revelstoke National Park]]
* [[Pacific Rim National Park Reserve]]
* [[Yoho National Park]]

British Columbia contains a large number of [[provincial park]]s, run by BC Parks under the aegis of the Ministry of Environment. British Columbia's provincial parks system is the second largest parks system in Canada, the largest being Canada's National Parks system.

Another tier of parks in British Columbia are [[regional park]]s, which are maintained and run by [[List of regional districts of British Columbia|the province's regional districts]]. The Ministry of Forests operates forest recreation sites.

In addition to these areas, over {{convert|47000|km2}} of [[arable land]] are protected by the [[Agricultural Land Reserve]].