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Land humans fenced off so they could feel less guilty about the rest of it.

means An area of land legally protected to conserve its wildlife, habitats, or ecosystems, usually restricting development and human exploitation.

from A straightforward compound: 'nature' from Latin natura (the natural order of things, from nasci, 'to be born') and 'reserve' from Latin reservare ('to keep back, save'), via Old French reserver. The phrase itself is a modern coinage tied to the conservation movement, which gathered force from the 19th century onward as industrialized societies began setting aside land specifically to 'reserve' it from the very development they were busy spreading everywhere else.

origin
Yellowstone, 1872, first one ever
irony
protected by the species that endangered it
coverage
about 17 percent of Earth's land
rule
look, do not build a parking lot
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