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forest reserve

American  

noun

  1. an area of forest set aside and preserved by the government as a wilderness, national park, or the like.


Etymology

Origin of forest reserve

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

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For the study, Lucore examined a population of wild white-faced capuchins in the Taboga forest reserve of Costa Rica.

From Science Daily Nov. 29, 2024

Scientists observed a wild male orangutan repeatedly rubbing chewed-up leaves of a medicinal plant on a facial wound in a forest reserve in Indonesia.

From New York Times May 2, 2024

Aminuddin said the Wildlife Department immediately installed a trap for the big cat, which was believed to have come from a forest reserve nearby.

From Seattle Times Oct. 11, 2023

A group of 72 suspected migrants from Ethiopia were arrested after police were tipped off about their presence in another government forest reserve.

From BBC Oct. 21, 2022

About that time the Chugach forest reserve was made, and we were hampered by all sorts of impossible conditions.

From The Rim of the Desert by Anderson, Ada Woodruff

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