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conservation
[ kon-ser-vey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of conserving; prevention of injury, decay, waste, or loss; preservation:
conservation of wildlife;
conservation of human rights.
Synonyms: , ,
- official supervision of rivers, forests, and other natural resources in order to preserve and protect them through prudent management.
- a district, river, forest, etc., under such supervision.
- the careful utilization of a natural resource in order to prevent depletion.
- the restoration and preservation of works of art.
conservation
/ ˌɒԲəˈɪʃə /
noun
- the act or an instance of conserving or keeping from change, loss, injury, etc
- protection, preservation, and careful management of natural resources and of the environment
- ( as modifier )
a conservation area
conservation
- The protection, preservation, management, or restoration of natural environments and the ecological communities that inhabit them. Conservation is generally held to include the management of human use of natural resources for current public benefit and sustainable social and economic utilization.
Derived Forms
- ˌDzԲˈپDzԲ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- Dzȴ·tDz· adjective
- t·Dzȴ·tDz noun adjective
- ԴDzcDz··tDz noun
- ԴDzcDz··tDz·al adjective
- cDz··tDz adjective
- -Dzȴ·tDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of conservation1
Example Sentences
A conservation manager for the Dorset-based Butterfly Conservation, Steven Lofting, said the new method "has the potential to change our understanding of their biology, distribution, abundance and ecology. It's really exciting."
“People don’t think of little hills as a conservation area, that they might not be important,” Delaney said.
It went on to say that a lack of guidelines for registration, storage, conservation and security of the artworks, were also contributing factors.
Their conservation breeding program that was established in the 1990s has successfully produced over 100 hatchlings.
As for its de-extinction projects, to the extent they contribute to efforts at conservation, “we just give them to the world for free,” Lamm told me.
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