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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

Example Sentences

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There, by the Manu River, the Mashco Piro live in an area that is officially recognised as a forest reserve.

From BBC Oct. 25, 2025

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

In May, an adult black panther was hit by a car and died after it strayed on to a road from a forest reserve and the driver couldn’t stop in time.

From Seattle Times Oct. 11, 2023

And you are particularly familiar with the locality included in the Chugach forest reserve, I understand, Mr. Tisdale.

From The Rim of the Desert by Ada Woodruff Anderson

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