The phrase "protective buffer" means creating a shield or barrier that keeps something or someone safe from harm or danger. It is like a protective wall that prevents something bad from reaching or affecting what is inside. Full definition
Dunes would be rebuilt and strengthened, roads and houses in the most flood - prone areas would be elevated, and wetlands would be created in some areas as protective buffers. (newsday.com)
Growing Great Kids (GGK) builds Home Visitor competencies for: nurturing parental resiliency; advancing individual and family functioning; reducing a child's exposure to toxic stress; nurturing parents» problem - solving skills; strengthening the families» support networks; and enabling parents to construct protective buffers around their children. (healthystartepic.org)
The rule would close an enormous Bush - era loophole that removed a long - lived protective buffer zone around streams, safeguarding water quality from industrial dumping. (earthjustice.org)