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Buffer Zone
In political science, an area between two antagonists that is put in place so they do not attack each other. A famous example of a buffer zone is the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea. Occasionally, the buffer zone is a third country.

buffer zone

(1) A transitional area between two areas of different zoning or characteristic land use.

(2) Green space or other open or natural areas providing privacy and noise pollution control for a subdivision.



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Russian forces are due to withdraw from buffer zones around South Ossetia and Georgia's second rebel region of Abkhazia by Friday under a peace deal brokered by President Nicolas Sarkozy, as current head of the European Union.
LABOUR AM Huw Lewis has voiced his frustration at delays from the Welsh Government in implementing guidance on buffer zones for opencast mining in Wales.
Labour peer Lord Clark of Windermere, chairman of the Forestry Commission, last month called on the Government to create buffer zones where no grey squirrels could be released.
 
 
 
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