Conservation area protection is the practice of protecting existing terrestrial, wetland, and marine conservation areas through real estate easements, inheritance conditions, trusts, zoning, public/private agreements between landowners and governments, lobbying, policy change advocacy, new laws and regulations, and lawsuits from development and uses that degrade the conservation value and long-term viability of the conservation areas.

park land protection, wilderness protection, permanent protection, open space, functional conservation area, park, refuge, reserve, national park, habitat conservation, existing conservation areas, protecting conserved land, development, encroachment, threats to protected land, threats to protected parks, environmental protection, legal defense, conservation easements, zoning laws, safe harbor agreements, land trusts, land management, natural heritage, cultural heritage, marine protection, conservation values, restoration ecology, Endangered Species Act, Habitat Conservation Plans, World Conservation Strategy, wildlife management, flyways, ecosystem diversity, state park, private reserves