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

percentage of province in protected areas

SOURCE: BC Parks, 1995 and Ministry of Sustainable Resouce Management, 2001.

In 1991, approximately 6.1% (5.74 million hectares) of the land base was dedicated to protected areas; by the end of 2001, approximately 12.5% (11.86 million hectares) was dedicated to protected areas.

Ecosystem representation is improving and 37% of the province’s 100 terrestrial ecosections now have at least 12% of their area protected. Marine ecosystems, however, remain poorly represented, with protected area status for only 1.2% of marine ecosections.