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The preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources
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conservation
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Conservation refers to a logical thinking ability which, according to the psychologist Jean Piaget , is not present in children during the preoperational stage of their development at ages 2–7, but develops in the concrete operational stage at ages 7–11. ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Conservation \Con`ser*va"tion\, n. [L. conservatio: cf. F. conservation.] The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation. A step necessary for the conservation of Protestantism. --Hallam. ...
WordNet
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n. an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change [syn: preservation ] the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of preserve, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation. 2 Wise use of natural resources.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a conservation area (= for preserving nature or old buildings ) ▪ a new scheme to create a nature conservation area conservation area conservation of the environment ▪ There are many organizations dedicated to conservation ...
Usage examples of conservation.
Nabateans was based on water concentration, containerization and soil conservation.
Harun made his mark early, at the age of nineteen, with his earthshaking paper on electron decaythe paper that revolutionized physics by challenging the law of electric-charge conservation.
And the failure to explain Lacerta hardly meant that conservation laws could be discarded at will.
Approximate symmetries of Lagrangians give rise to approximate conservation laws.
Thus we speak of the law of gravity, of the conservation of energy, the Laws of Charles and Mariotte regarding gaseous bodies, zoological laws, physiological, and psychological laws.
The Mattole Restoration Council is made up of many other groups and networks, such as the Mattole Coordinating Council whose members are the Environmental Protection Information Center, the Mattole Soil and Water Conservation Committee, the Upper Mattole Property Owners Association, the Mattole Watershed Salmon Support Group, the Mattole Watershed Taxpayers Association, the Redwoods Monastery Community, the Coastal Headwaters Association, and the Sinkyone Council.
Parks: The Magazine of the National Parks and Conservation Association.
Between us and the buildings, which suggested a small walled city, the clearing contained a few scattered trees, but most of the ground was given over to cultivation, being traversed by irrigation ditches of an archaic type which has been abandoned upon the surface for many ages, having been superseded by a system of subirrigation when the diminishing water supply necessitated the adoption of conservation measures.
Association can do a splendid work by the interesting of all land owners in the conservation of the native nut trees and the planting of grafted nut trees in gardens, orchards and yards, to take the place of many worthless shade trees.
This is the meaning of many policies the full philosophy of which is not generally grasped--the regulation of railroads and other public service corporations, the conservation of natural resources, the leasing of public lands and waterpowers, the control of great combinations of wealth.
Health agencies have warned anglers not to eat any largemouth bass or warmouth caught in Conservation Areas 2 and 3.
As a senator from Michigan, Abraham had such a strong antienvironment record that the League of Conservation Voters gave him a zero rating.
Michigan, Abraham had such a strong antienvironment record that the League of Conservation Voters gave him a zero rating.
Secretary of Energy--Spencer Abraham As a senator from Michigan, Abraham had such a strong antienvironment record that the League of Conservation Voters gave him a zero rating.
Both these assessors were Shona: one was an expert on wildlife conservation, and the other a senior magistrate.