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PUBLICALLY PROTECTED LANDS AND GENERATING LANDS
Yes, all lands actually generate lands which is termed as Land-use planning. Land-use planning is the process of regulating the use of land in an effort to promote more desirable social and environmental outcomes as well as more effecient use of resources. Goals of land-use planning may include environmental conversation, restraint of urban sprawl, minimization of transportation costs, prevention of land-use conflicts, and a reduction in exposure to pollutants. By and large, the uses of land determine the diverse socio-economic activities that occur in a specific area, the patterns of human behaviour they produce, and their impact on the environment. Protected areas help to mitigate extreme weath, to maintain functioning eco-systems and the benefits they provide, protected areas provide clean air, water, healthy soils, wild foods and medicines. But a growing number of experts within the scientific and economic communities say that putting real economic value on components of nature will help protect the environment and promote bio-diversity. Ascertaining the value can then help decision makers bring environmental factors more explicitly into their planning. Publicly protected lands are sometimes the only natural or sub-natural habitats in eco-regions or large areas. They can also reduce forest fragmentation and degradation through strignet protection and best management practices for bio-diversity conversation.
For example: Protected areas are regions or land or sea that are reserved for the purpose of conserving nature: national parks, wilderness areas, community conserved areas, wildlife sanctuaries, bio-sphere reserves, reserved and protected forests.