forest reserve
Americannoun
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
They live in a 289,000-acre forest reserve in the poverty stricken eastern Amazonian state of Maranhão.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2021
Four monsoons before this elephant was trapped, the body of a forest reserve officer was found on a mountain slope.
From Son of Power by Will Levington Comfort
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