Vaca Forest Reserve
Vaca Forest Reserve is a nature reserve in the Cayo District of western Belize. The reserve covers an area of . It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the east by Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve and Nojkaaxmeen Elijio Panti National Park, and to the south by Chiquibul National Park. It forms part of the greater Maya Mountains massif.

Vaca Forest Reserve was established in 1991 and originally consisted of an estimated . In 2003, over were removed from the reserve by the Government of Belize to provide more land to farmers from the buffering communities. In 2011, an additional were removed. In recent years, the reserve has been seriously degraded by agricultural encroachment, illegal logging, and forest fires.
Q179049
nature reserve
Concept
Q508773
Cayo District
LOC
Q242
Belize
LOC
Q774
Guatemala
LOC
Q6925163
Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve
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None
Nojkaaxmeen Elijio Panti National Park
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Q5101755
Chiquibul National Park
LOC
Q765874
Maya Mountains
LOC
Q1061151
massif
Concept
Q21129557
Government of Belize
MEDIA
Q597393
illegal logging
Concept
Q169950
forest fires
Concept
Q96413370
Vaca Forest Reserve
UNK
Q96413370
Vaca Forest Reserve
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1991-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1991
DATE
2003-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2003
DATE
2011-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2011
DATE
instance of
country
country