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Place-based conservation mandates, such as national park pilots, significantly increase corporate biodiversity-specific disclosure and drive improvements in firm-level green innovation and local ecological outcomes. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To determine whether place-based conservation mandates, specifically the rollout of National Park Pilots, alter corporate biodiversity disclosure incentives.

September 5, 2026Australian Accounting Review

All Eyes on Nature: National Park Pilots and Corporate Biodiversity Disclosure

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HWHongxin WangWenzhou Medical University YLYuxin LiuHunan University of Science and Technology

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Quasi-natural experiment reveals increased biodiversity disclosure in firms near national parks, suggesting place-based conservation mandates heighten ecological accountability.

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To determine whether place-based conservation mandates, specifically the rollout of National Park Pilots, alter corporate biodiversity disclosure incentives.
Evaluated a quasi-natural experiment leveraging the establishment of China's National Park Pilots.
Analyzed a sample of 13,922 firm-year observations spanning 2012 to 2023.
Tested cross-sectional variations across environmental regulatory stringency, corporate dependence on government subsidies, and public environmental attention.
Firms exposed to national park pilot mandates significantly increased biodiversity-specific disclosure rather than generalized environmental reporting.
Disclosure gains were stronger in regions with stringent environmental rules, among subsidy-dependent firms, and during periods of high public environmental attention.
The policy-driven disclosure response coincided with firm-level improvements in green innovation and measurable gains in local avian richness.

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Wang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd48c6b95aff0620ec3c5 https://doi.org/10.1111/auar.70033

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September 5, 2026Australian Accounting Review

All Eyes on Nature: National Park Pilots and Corporate Biodiversity Disclosure

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HWHongxin WangWenzhou Medical University YLYuxin LiuHunan University of Science and Technology

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Implication

Quasi-natural experiment reveals increased biodiversity disclosure in firms near national parks, suggesting place-based conservation mandates heighten ecological accountability.

Key Points

To determine whether place-based conservation mandates, specifically the rollout of National Park Pilots, alter corporate biodiversity disclosure incentives.
Evaluated a quasi-natural experiment leveraging the establishment of China's National Park Pilots.
Analyzed a sample of 13,922 firm-year observations spanning 2012 to 2023.
Tested cross-sectional variations across environmental regulatory stringency, corporate dependence on government subsidies, and public environmental attention.
Firms exposed to national park pilot mandates significantly increased biodiversity-specific disclosure rather than generalized environmental reporting.
Disclosure gains were stronger in regions with stringent environmental rules, among subsidy-dependent firms, and during periods of high public environmental attention.
The policy-driven disclosure response coincided with firm-level improvements in green innovation and measurable gains in local avian richness.

Cite This Study

Wang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd48c6b95aff0620ec3c5 https://doi.org/10.1111/auar.70033

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