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Conservation
* Is The Idea Of Double Uncertainty.
* Using energy more efficiently is equivalent to finding new sources.
* benefits society by preserving environmental resources.
* can ease historical hostility between game reserves and communities.
* comprises the examination, documentation, and treatment of records.
* concerns people all over the world.
* critical issue for many plants and animal species today.
* direct method of treatment in which an item is physically or chemically changed.
* embraces all life and the environment that supports it.
* encompasses actions taken that preserve or prolong the life of museum objects.
* falls into categories that include forests, grazing lands, wildlife, and soil.
* improves quality.
* includes censuses
  - preservation
  - problems
  - the processes of cleaning, stabilization, repair, and restoration
* involves effort
  - erosion
  - measures taken to prevent or reduce deterioration of artifacts
  - programs of habitat preservation, species propagation, and field research
* involves reduce erosion
  - soil erosion
* involves the care of the physical objects themselves
  - investigation and preservation of cultural material
* is all about changing human behaviour
  - also important for people using well water, which draws from groundwater supplies
  - always directly related to the cost of energy
  - an ethic of resource use, allocation, and protection
* is an important part of protecting nature
  - the power equation
  - integral part of social and economic development
  - as much about people as it is about bricks and mortar
  - closely related to ecology, the major differences being in emphasis
  - critical to the staying power of agriculture and our world
  - crucial for the long-term survival of threatened and endangered species
  - currently the least expensive source of energy
  - emphasized by public bodies purchasing federal power
  - essentially the moral code of self-sacrifice applied to current energy problems
  - extremely important in the field of underwater archaeology
  - important to protect resources and maintain a smoothly flowing supply of energy
  - improvement
  - inherent in conservatism
  - intelligent cooperation with nature
  - more about changing people than knowing animals
  - one of the rules of success
  - positive action to protect and preserve the natural environment
  - practiced in transportation systems and methods
  - practised in different ways in different situations
  - principles
* is the act of preserving, protecting natural resources from loss or depletion
  - application of common sense to the common problems for the common good
  - basis for permanent peace
  - careful use of resources to maintain their quality and to avoid waste
  - future of fishing
  - key to saving threatened and endangered species
* is the management of a natural resource so that it can be sustained over the long-term
  - natural resources with the goal of sustainability
  - nature being protected by wise humans
  - precondition of legitimate nature recreation
  - preservation and maintenance of the natural eneimies that occur in an area
  - reduction of energy consumption
  - wise use of natural resources
* means all the actions taken to preserve cultural property
  - preserving or keeping
  - the adaptation of existing resources to meet the needs of modem society
  - using energy smartly, efficiently
* occurs over time.
* often has more to do with the present than the past.
* plays a key role in the big picture of sound energy resource planning.
* refers to strategies to reduce the use of donor-derived blood products.
* requires cooperation
  - international cooperation
  - the ability to observe, analyze and synthesize
* responsibility that extends over centuries to each new human generation.
* saves money by reducing water use can mean money in consumers' pockets.
* simple and cost-effective method of biological control.
* state of harmony between man and the land
  - men and land
* takes many different forms around the world.
* tries to hold off the inevitable processes of entropy.
* way of living a way of living that looks to the future.
* word that has so many meanings for so many different people.
+ Amphibian: Amphibians
  * In number of species, they are more successful than mammals, though they occupy a smaller range of habitats. However, it is said that amphibian populations have been declining all over the world. Conservation is therefore an important concern.