conservation program

Wildlife protection effort

A conservation program is an organized effort to protect, preserve, or restore natural resources, wildlife, or ecosystems.

Government agencies, nonprofits, and private landowners run conservation programs targeting everything from endangered species to soil health: The farm enrolled in a wetlands conservation program.

Some programs pay landowners to keep land undeveloped or implement sustainable practices.

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resource management approach

conservation programresource extraction

Obtaining substances from nature

strip mining · overharvesting · clear-cutting · exploitation · deforestation

environmental impact intent

conservation programhabitat destruction

Eliminating natural living spaces

environmental degradation · ecocide · defoliation

developmental priority

conservation programdevelopment

Progress toward maturity

urban development · industrial development · land development · urbanization · industrialization

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