Editing Transboundary protected area (section)

==History of transboundary protected areas==
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In 1932, the governments of Canada and the United States passed legislation creating the first international peace park: Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. This action followed from a joint resolution of the [[Rotary International|Rotary Clubs]] of Montana and Alberta calling for the creation of the peace park.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/waterton/culture/designation|title=Designation information|last=Canada|first=Parks Canada Agency, Government of|website=Pc.gc.ca|access-date=2018-11-13}}</ref>

On 1 February 1997, [[Anton Rupert]], together with [[Prince Bernhard|Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands]] and [[Nelson Mandela]], founded the [[Peace Parks Foundation]] as a [[nonprofit organization|nonprofit organisation]] to facilitate the establishment of transfrontier conservation areas (TFCAs).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.peaceparks.org/story.php?pid=1&mid=2|title=Origins of Peace Parks Foundation|last=Thiel|first=Erhardt|date=2009|website=Peaceparks.org|publisher=Peace Parks Foundation|access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref>

A 2001 study by the World Conservation Union found "there were 166 existing transboundary protected area complexes worldwide comprising 666 individual conservation zones."<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|title=Peace Parks: Conservation and Conflict Resolution|last=Ali|first=Saleem|publisher=The MIT Press|year=2007|isbn=978-0-262-51198-8|pages=i.; 2; 7; 14}}</ref>

In 2007, the Global Transboundary Conservation Network published a global inventory of transboundary protected areas identifying 227 transboundary protected areas.<ref name=tbpa2007>
{{cite web |url=http://www.tbpa.net/page.php?ndx=78 |title=UNEP-WCMC Transboundary Protected Areas Inventory-2007 |publisher=Global Transboundary Protected Areas Network |website=Global Transboundary Protected Areas Network |access-date=2018-01-31}}</ref>