Source Data for Protected Area Impact Study in China

Source data for all figures and supplementary figures presented in the manuscript 'Stricter protected areas in China coincide with more firm openings and closures and higher nature benefits'. Files include aggregated data used to generate Figures 2–7 and Supplementary Figures 1–6, including regression coefficients, standard errors, confidence intervals, enterprise counts, transfer intensity values, and resource classification statistics. The dataset was authored by Cheng Wang and last updated on June 1, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the relationship between protected area strictness and firm openings/closures based on enterprise counts.
• Evaluating the nature benefits of conservation policies using resource classification statistics.
• Validating regression models on environmental policy impact using provided coefficients and confidence intervals.
• Mapping policy effects geographically using the included geospatial file formats.

Strengths

• Dataset size is 939.5 MB, suggesting substantial underlying data.
• Includes a variety of statistical outputs such as regression coefficients, standard errors, and confidence intervals.
• Data supports generation of at least 13 figures (Figures 2-7 and Supplementary Figures 1-6).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Cheng Wang

Collection Method

Likely aggregated from official Chinese government and enterprise data sources for the analysis.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 10:25:57; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China