Conservation

How it is used

Used by NGOs, park authorities and scientists: nature conservation, wildlife conservation, conservation area, conservation status, conservation efforts. A person who works in this area is a conservationist. It is also used for saving resources: energy conservation, water conservation.

Example sentences

1. Local fishers are now part of the conservation program for the bay.

2. The species' conservation status improved after its numbers recovered.

Common collocations

• nature conservation
• conservation efforts
• conservation status
• wildlife conservation
• water conservation

Related terms

• biodiversityThe variety of all living things in a place, including the different species of plants, animals and microorganisms, the genes within them and the ecosystems they form.
• protected areaA clearly defined area of land or sea, such as a national park or marine reserve, that is managed under law to conserve nature over the long term.
• endangered speciesA type of plant or animal that is at high risk of disappearing from the wild, usually because of habitat loss, hunting, pollution or climate change.
• habitatThe natural home of a plant or animal species: the place that gives it the food, water, shelter and conditions it needs to survive and reproduce.
• reforestationPlanting trees, or helping forests grow back naturally, on land where forest was recently cut down, burned or otherwise lost.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• conservation · Art & Art History

More terms: Biodiversity and Conservation

• ecosystem
• deforestation
• invasive species
• extinction
• ecosystem services