Though large portions of this ecoregion are protected, its conservation status is listed as "vulnerable".

The unarmored portions of their sides were protected by thin iron plates.

It has reduced eyes that are entirely covered with skin and the anterior portion of its head is protected by thick flesh.

Large parts of the fynbos region have been inhabited for centuries, and only a small portion is protected.

New Zealand's marine environment is more than 15 times larger than its terrestrial area, however only a small portion of it is protected.

On this basis, the federal government helped pay for the wall only until 1967 because the portions of the park vulnerable to erosion were now protected.

A portion of the river's watershed is also protected by the Ouachita National Forest.

Where the lower portion of the tree is protected by snow cover or rocks, only the exposed upper portion may have this appearance.

The newer portion, built in 1989 and housing the main sanctuary, was protected by a fire wall.

Its roof and the exposed portions of the platform it rested upon were protected by 12.7 millimeters of armor.