Editing Transboundary protected area (section)

{{short description|Conservation region spanning the boundaries of multiple states}}
{{redirect|Peace park||Peace park (disambiguation)}}
[[File:MK02244 Waterton Glacier International Peace Park.jpg|thumb|[[Flag of Canada|Flags of Canada]] and the [[Flag of the United States|United States]] in [[Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park]]]]

A '''transboundary protected area''' ('''TBPA''') is an ecological [[protected area]] that spans boundaries of more than one [[country]] or sub-national entity. Such areas are also known as '''transfrontier conservation areas''' ('''TFCAs''') or '''peace parks'''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tbpa.net/|title=Global Transboundary Protected Areas Network|website=Tbpa.net|access-date=2018-08-15}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book|title=Peace parks : conservation and conflict resolution|date=2007|publisher=MIT Press|others=Ali, Saleem H. (Saleem Hassan), 1973-|isbn=9780262266970|location=Cambridge, Mass.|oclc=173511323}}</ref>

TBPAs exist in many forms around the world,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sadc.int/files/6313/5852/1201/unep-2007-global-list-of-transboundary-pas-en.pdf.pdf|title=2007 UNEP-WCMC Global List of Transboundary Protected Areas |last=Lysenko |first=Daniel |date=2007 |website=Southern African Development Community |access-date=19 February 2019}}</ref> and are established for various reasons. The preservation of traditional animal migration patterns, ensuring sufficient food and water sources for population growth, is a critical reason for the creation of TBPAs. However, TBPAs also encourage [[tourism]], economic development and goodwill between neighbouring countries, as well as making it easier for [[Indigenous peoples|indigenous]] inhabitants of the area to travel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarc.org/news/2018/09/transboundary-parks-award-2018-pasvik-inari-trilateral-park/|title=Transboundary Parks Award 2018 - Pasvik-Inari Trilateral Park|date=28 September 2018|website=EUROPARC Federation|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref>{{nonspecific|date=August 2018}}<!-- this is a intro link to a website that has changed frequently since 2011; need a specific source that says these parks are in many forms around the world; this (in 2018) only says there are some in Europe. -->