biosphere reserve
noun
A protected area set aside for conservation purposes and to act as a site for ecological and environmental monitoring and research.
- The designation of biosphere reserve is awarded by UNESCO as part of its ‘Man and the Biosphere’ programme..
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Science.
- chlorinator
- chlorine
- chlorine bleach
- chlorine dioxide
- chlorine gas
- chlorine monoxide
- chlorine tablet
- chlorine tetroxide
- chlorine trioxide
- chlorine water
- chlorion
- chlorite
- chloritic
- chloritization
- chloritoid
- chloro-
- chlorocarbon
- chlorodyne
- chlorofluorocarbon
- chloroform
- chloromelanite
- chloromycetin
- chlorophyll
- chlorophyllous
- Chlorophyta