Conservation

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-006197",
  "term": "Conservation",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Preserving and renewing, when possible, human and natural resources. The use, protection, and improvement of natural resources according to principles that will ensure their highest economic or social benefits.\n\n2. Preserving and renewing natural resources to assure their highest economic or social benefit over the longest period of time. Clean rivers and lakes, wilderness areas, a diverse wildlife population, healthy soil, and clean air are natural resources worth conserving for future generations.\n\n3. Careful management of resources so as to obtain the maximum possible benefits from them for present and future generations.\n\n4. The care and protection of natural resources.",
  "subject": "Ecosystems",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Env; Terms of Environment",
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms",
    "Nearshore Terrestrial Ecosystems Glossary",
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/conservation/"
}