wildlife conservation

Protecting endangered animals

Wildlife conservation is the practice of protecting wild animals, plants, and their habitats from destruction or decline.

It encompasses efforts ranging from establishing protected areas to breeding endangered species to regulating hunting and trade: The organization focuses on wildlife conservation in tropical rainforests.

Conservation often balances ecological concerns against human economic interests.

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human relationship to wild species

wildlife conservationpoaching

Unlawful wildlife capture

wildlife trafficking · overhunting · illegal hunting · ivory trade · trophy hunting

land use philosophy

wildlife conservationhabitat destruction

Eliminating natural living spaces

deforestation · land development · urban sprawl · urban development · industrial development

environmental ethics

wildlife conservationecocide

Deliberate devastation of nature

anthropocentrism · speciesism · short-termism

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