open-space protection
nounUK /ˈəʊpən speɪs prəˈtɛkʃən/
US /ˈoʊpən speɪs prəˈtɛkʃən/
Keeping fields, forests, and other wild places free from buildings so people and animals can enjoy them.
The town started an open-space protection program to save the meadow behind the school.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Laws or rules that stop empty land from being turned into houses or shops.
New open-space protection rules blocked the plan to build a mall on the hill.
3. A group or fund that buys land to keep it natural forever.
The open-space protection bought the old farm so it could become a public trail.
4. The act of guarding parks and fields from pollution or damage.
Volunteers do open-space protection by cleaning the creek in the park.