protected area

Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports the central, rectangular area of the pitch onto which the bowlers may not run during their follow through

Biology, Conservation, History, Human sciences, Natural sciences, Sciences an area where natural values are protected. The most common definitions of protected areas are those of the IUCN (World Conservation Union) http://www.iucn.org.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see protected, area.