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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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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

The central portion constitutes one great forest reserve within which is the Olympic National Monument set apart by the government for the enjoyment of nature lovers.

From The Beauties of the State of Washington A Book for Tourists by Giles, Harry F.

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