Conservation

Conservation is the act of preserving, guarding or protecting; wise use.

Conservation may refer to:
* Conservation of biodiversity, environment, and natural resources, including protection and management
* Conservation of Cultural heritage or Art conservation, protection and restoration of cultural heritage, including works of art and architecture, as well as archaeological and historical artefacts
* Conservation law, measurable property of isolated physical system that does not change as the system evolves, including conservation of energy, mass, momentum, electric charge, subatomic particles, an
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Ocean: Earth’s Last Wilderness
Insectopolis: A Natural History
Wrecker
A Wild Idea
The Lost Whale
The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees
Shark Girl
Just in Case: Saving Seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
The Birds That Audubon Missed: Discovery and Desire in the American Wilderness
Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World
Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis
Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
Deep Water: The World in the Ocean
Safe Crossing
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
Silent Spring
Last Chance to See
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
The Elephant Whisperer
Desert Solitaire
The Overstory
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World's Greatest Creatures
Feral: Rewilding the Land, the Sea and Human Life
Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction
Wilding
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootStiff by Mary RoachA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum
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Books about Foxes
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Carl Sagan
Another glorious feature of many modern science museums is a movie theater showing IMAX or OMNIMAX films. In some cases the screen is ten stories tall and wraps around you. The Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museu, the popular museum on Earth, has premiered in its Langley Theater some of the best of these films. 'To Fly' brings a catch to my throat even after five or six viewings. I've seen religious leaders of many denominations witness 'Blue Planet' and be converted on the spot to the need ...more
Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

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