Enlarge protected areas

Description:	Increase in areas with protected status, as well as the size of the areas as the amount of spots.
Reference:	PBL, 2010
Is implemented in:	Agricultural systems
Associated theme items:	Agricultural land use (Land use), Other land use (Land use), Aquatic biodiversity (NB), Eco goods and services (NB), Land cover (NB), Terrestrial biodiversity (NB)

Associated policy response component

Component: Land and biodiversity policies
Page: Land and biodiversity policies/Land-use regulation

Effects of this policy intervention on components

Component: Agricultural economy and forestry
Effect : Expansion of protected areas decreases the available area for agriculture in certain regions.

Component: Agricultural systems
Effect : Agriculture is not allowed in protected areas and therefore is allocated at other locations.

Component: Terrestrial biodiversity
Effect : No pressure from agricultural land use in protected areas. Outside protected areas this pressure may increase.

Component: Aquatic biodiversity
Effect : Lower pressure from agricultural impacts in protected area regions. Outside protected areas this pressure may increase.

Component: Ecosystem goods and services
Effect : the ES "nature based tourism" is positively influenced by the amount of protected area.