forest reserve
Americannoun
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
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
In the center of a great tract of forest reserve, a specially desirable tract has been chosen, and its boundaries marked out by the stringing of a single heavy fence wire, surrounding the entire selection.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday
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