The forest was declared a protected nature reserve by the Lebanese government in 1992.

In the same year a part of the park (nearly 1 km2) was declared a nature reserve.

The 26-hectare English park, which is open to the public every year, was declared a nature reserve in 1998.

In a panic they had the surrounding area declared a nature reserve, and the American could no longer remove it.

In 1991, it was declared a local nature reserve.

Approximately 1,160 km2 of this area is declared a nature reserve.

Parts of the Finne have been declared a nature reserve.

In 1990 it was declared a statutory local nature reserve.

The area has been protected since 1916 and was declared a strict nature reserve in 1938.

Along with the adjacent waters, it was declared a nature reserve in 2002.