NATURE RESERVES COVERS AROUND 30 PERCENT OF TIBET’S LAND AREA- CHINA

Spread across an area of 410,000 square kilometers, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) boasts 61 nature reserves. The nature reserve covers 33.69 percent of the land within the jurisdiction of the regional government, marking the highest ratio in China. In 1990 it was only 4 percent. The establishment of the first batch of nature reserves in Tibet was approved in 1985.

17 May

http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2013-05/17/content_28861181.htm