species conservation
Preventing animal extinction
Species conservation is the practice of protecting animal and plant species from extinction, typically through habitat preservation, breeding programs, legal protections, and efforts to reduce threats like poaching or pollution.
The term encompasses both preventing decline in vulnerable populations and actively restoring species that have become endangered.
Conservation efforts range from local initiatives protecting a single species to international agreements governing trade in wildlife.
The zoo participates in species conservation programs for endangered primates.
- trophy huntingKilling wildlife for souvenirs
- seed banksStorage for genetic diversity
- habitat lossElimination of living spaces
- habitat restorationReviving degraded natural environments
- nature reserveProtected habitat area
indigenous communities · genetic diversity · rewilding · critical habitat · biodiversity hotspots · wildlife corridors · protected areas · disease outbreaks · carrying capacity · evolutionary adaptation · ocean acidification · sustainable harvesting · climate change · vanishing act · government agencies · breeding · vulnerable · coral
- wildlife conservationhabitat protection, game warden, wildlife officer, wildlife refuges, wildlife refuge
- wildlife sciencezoology, ecology, wildlife biology, wildlife ecology, animal behavior
- biology topicsanimals, plants, insects, dinosaurs, fish
- zoologymammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, insects
- Lepidopterabutterflies, moths, monarch, cocoons, chrysalis
- animal welfareanimal rights, humane societies, humane treatment, shelters, animal ethics
species conservationbenign neglect
Purposeful non-intervention proving beneficial
species conservationexploitation
Selfish use of others
resource exploitation · overexploitation · poaching · overhunting · overfishing
species conservationspecies extinction
Permanent end of a lineage
mass extinction · extermination · eradication · biodiversity loss · ecosystem collapse