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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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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

Kendall is in the forest reserve up north.

From Letters on an Elk Hunt by Stewart, Elinore Pruitt

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