ecosystem preservation
Safeguarding natural systems
Ecosystem preservation is the protection of natural environments and their living communities from destruction or degradation.
Unlike conservation, which may allow managed use of resources, preservation emphasizes keeping ecosystems in their original state: The wetlands were set aside for ecosystem preservation.
The term appears in environmental policy, land management, and debates over development versus wilderness protection.
- reforestationReplanting depleted woodlands
- tree canopyUpper forest layer
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- food webInterconnected predator-prey relationships
- environmental legislationStatutes protecting natural resources
marine sanctuary · endangered species · natural habitat · rewilding · protected areas · carbon sink · waste reduction · wildlife corridors · green corridor · nature reserves · land trust · interconnected · delicate balance · habitat restoration · advocacy groups · old-growth · native · carbon footprint reduction
ecosystem preservationresource extraction
Obtaining substances from nature
habitat destruction · deforestation · environmental degradation · strip mining · overfishing
ecosystem preservationoverdevelopment
Excessive growth or construction
industrial development · development · urban sprawl · industrialization · commercial development
ecosystem preservationresource depletion
Exhausting available materials gradually