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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An area containing a wildlife preserve bordered by a buffer zone in which more frequent use is permitted to the public, established as a way of integrating habitat conservation with the interests of the local community.

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Examples

  • Because of the great biological significance of this area, TNC has dedicated this bioreserve as one of its Last Great Places in America.

    Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Mississippi 2007

  • The crocodile nursery is a top attraction at the park, Cuba's equivalent of the Florida Everglades, the Caribbean's largest bioreserve with 1.5 million acres of mangrove-choked canals teeming with the wildest Cuban wildlife.

    ajc.com - News 2009

  • The crocodile nursery is a top attraction at the park, Cuba's equivalent of the Florida Everglades, the Caribbean's largest bioreserve with 1.5 million acres of mangrove-choked canals teeming with the wildest Cuban wildlife.

    ajc.com - News 2009

  • Cuba's equivalent of the Florida Everglades, it's the Caribbean's largest bioreserve, 1.5 million acres of mangrove-choked canals teeming with the wildest Cuban wildlife.

    ajc.com - News 2009

  • Survival International said the UNESCO bioreserve in Paraguay's Chaco region is home to the only uncontacted indigenous tribe in South America outside of the Amazon -- the Ayoreo-Totobiegosode.

    Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2009

  • Survival International said the UNESCO bioreserve in Paraguay's Chaco region is home to the only uncontacted indigenous tribe in South America outside of the Amazon -- the Ayoreo-Totobiegosode.

    Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2009

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