conservation
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
Other meanings
Wise use of natural resources.
The discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources
Related words
- conservationism
- conservationist
- cryoconservation
- geoconservation
- hyperconservation
- microconservation
- neuroconservation
- nonconservation
- proconservation
- reconservation
- ultraconservation
- anticonservation
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