Percentage of British Columbia in Protected Areas Status - Environmental Trends in British Columbia 2002, State of Environment Reporting, Strategic Policy, Planning and Intergovernmental Relations Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection

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•	Percentage of Province in Protected Area Status

•	Percentage of Ecosystems Protected

•	Number of Protected Areas in Each Size Category

•	Across Canada Comparison of Protected Areas

•	Total Provincial Forests Protected

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Status and trends of protected areas

Percentage of Province in Protected Areas Status
Year	Million ha	% protected
1890	0.3	0.3
1900	0.3	0.3
1910	0.3	0.3
1920	1.1	1.1
1930	1.1	1.2
1940	3.0	3.2
1950	4.1	4.3
1960	3.9	4.1
1970	3.1	3.3
1980	5.1	5.4
1991	5.7	6.1
1992	5.8	6.1
1993	6.8	7.2
1994	8.0	8.4
1995	8.7	9.2
1996	8.9	9.4
1997	10.1	10.6
1998	10.1	10.7
1999	10.8	11.4
2000	11.6	12.2
2001	11.9	12.5

SOURCE: BC Parks, 1995 and Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management, 2001. NOTES: Data for this graph were compiled by decade until 1990, and do not reflect annual trends. Protected areas include those which have been designated and those announced but not yet designated under the Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, Park Act, Ecological Reserve Act or other provincial or national protected areas legislation. In British Columbia, protected areas include national parks, ecological reserves, class A and C provincial parks, recreation areas and protected areas established under the Environment and Land Use Act. They do not include wildlife management areas, migratory bird sanctuaries and regional parks.