Abstract:Cluster research on protected areas from the provincial scale is the key to effectively improve the overall protection efficiency of regional protected areas. On the one hand, it can strengthen the overall protection and collaborative management of protected areas, and on the other hand, it can also innovate the protection mode of protected areas, which is of great significance to promote the construction of the system of protected areas with Chinese characteristics. This study innovatively puts forward the concept of protected areas group, clarifies its characteristics of spatial aggregation, ecological connectivity and diversity, explores the ideas and methods of provincial protected areas group construction from regional scale to ecological system scale, puts forward the overall protection and cooperative management mechanism, and discusses the protected areas group construction in Guangdong Province.