page_title: Transboundary protected area
section_title: Areas in the conceptual phase
hierarchical_section_title: Transboundary protected area / Areas in the conceptual phase
caption_attribution_description: Ursus thibetanus Français&#160;: Espèce animale&#160;: Ours noir d'Asie (zoo de Wrocław). English: Animal species: Asiatic Black Bear (Wrocław zoo) Polski: Niedźwiedź himalajski (Ogród Zoologiczny we Wrocławiu) Deutsch: Asiatischer Schwarzbär (Zoologischer Garten Breslau)
context_page_description: A transboundary protected area 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 or peace parks.
  TBPAs exist in many forms around the world, 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 inhabitants of the area to travel.
context_section_description: TBPA advocates by 2006 had identified additional sites for protection. Professor Saleem Ali of the University of Vermont noted that "numerous ecologically sensitive areas remain unprotected" and cites a 2006 "geographic information systems (GIS) study" that "found 104 transboundary wild areas involving 61 countries that are not formally part of any conservation park." Specific sites for proposed TBPAs include:
  Liuwa Plain – Kameia TFCA (Angola/Zambia)
  Niassa Reserve – Selous TFCA (Mozambique/Tanzania)
  Mnazi Bay – Quirimbas Transfrontier Marine Conservation Area (Mozambique/Tanzania)
  The demilitarised zone between North and South Korea is a potential TBPA/peace park. Professor Salem Ali notes that the DMZ has "become a sanctuary for wildlife, since there is no development activity occurring in the area." Nelson Mandela traveled to South Korea to promote such an idea. Ted Turner likewise traveled to the Korean peninsula to promote the idea in 2005.
  The Siachen Glacier region between India and Pakistan has been proposed as a peace park.
  A project for the Green Line Peace Park in Cyprus, between the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot territories, is being researched by Dr Anna Grichting at Harvard University.
  As awareness of the importance of conserving the pristinity and ecology of Arctic region has increased, there has been a global call to declare the Arctic region as a global sanctuary/international peace park. The Save the Arctic campaign by Greenpeace, an environmental nonprofit organisation, has received online support from more than 5 million citizens from around the world.
caption: The DMZ is a habitat for many threatened species on the Korean peninsula, including the black bear.
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