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nature reserve

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noun

  1. an area of land that is protected and managed in order to preserve a particular type of habitat and its flora and fauna which are often rare or endangered

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It’s generally better to create a nature reserve and try to protect species than to let them be destroyed.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

It was created at the Great Fen nature reserve, near Ramsey in Cambridgeshire, as part of The Great Fen project.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

Today, they live near a nature reserve, where lately they have been snowshoeing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Students from Boyle Heights’ Bravo High spilled out into TreePeople, a nature reserve and nonprofit in Coldwater Canyon Park, and took off hiking.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

We got to the nature reserve at around noon.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio

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