Conservation
Definition
Conservation refers to the protection, preservation, management, or restoration of natural environments and wildlife.
Related terms
Biodiversity: The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
Endangered Species Act: A law designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a 'consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation.'
Habitat Restoration: The process of assisting in the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed.
"Conservation" appears in:
Subjects (4)
AP Environmental Science
AP Physics C: Mechanics
AP Psychology
AP US History
Study guides (1)
AP Biology - 8.3 Population Ecology
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