%0 Journal Article %A Díaz Rodríguez, Pablo %A Rodríguez Darias, Alberto Jonay %A Arnaiz Schmitz, Cecilia %T Protected Areas and Their Contribution to Sustainable Development %D 2024 %U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/104423 %X Towards the end of the 19th century, a small fraction of humanity finally embraced an “official” consciousness regarding the conservation of nature. This realization materialized alongside the establishment in the United States of America of what would come to be recognized as the first Natural Protected Area (NPA) under the designation of a “National Park”—Yellowstone, delineated as a substantially quadrangular expanse between the states of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. %~