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Conservation is a very general concept covering the careful management of natural resources. It is commonly used to describe the careful management of ecosystems, watersheds, parcels of land, specific water bodies, species, even genomes. At times, it is also used to describe the careful management of museum specimens, art, historic buildings, and nonrenewable or scarce resources (e.g. water conservation).
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biome, ecosystem, tundra, taiga, temperate rain forest, temperate deciduous forest, grassland, savanna, chaparral, desert, thorn forest, tropical rain forest, arctic, Antarctic, marine ecosystems, terrestrial ecosystems, inland aquatic ecosystems, watershed, species, gene banks, museum conservation, art conservation, historic building conservation, conservation biology, and protection, sustainable conservation
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Flag comment for removal weconserve over 2 years ago
The "Conserver Society" concept of the 1970s put forward a much more comprehensive and broader scope for the term "conservation". It placed the emphasis on creating a lifestyle and a society that used less resources, created less waste and pollution, and valued nature. Conservation is how we work to reduce our ecological footprint, and it includes social and economic design as well as the protection of natural ecosystems.
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