forest reserve

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of forest reserve

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

He gave up teaching to dedicate himself to the trees when he returned home six years ago and was shocked to find the Mount Kei Central Forest Reserve, once lush with wild shea trees, had been turned into a near-barren expanse dotted with stumps.

From BBC

When a body is found in the Keālia Forest Reserve, Makalani strikes out on her own to investigate, traveling deep into the forest and beyond.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Science Daily

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