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environmental conservation
(redirected from Conservation movement)

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environmental conservation noun mainteeance of the environment, maintenance of the habitat, preservation of the environs, protection of the environment


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Who would have thought 20 years ago that private action would be the fastest-growing conservation movement in America?
Chester (Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Fletcher School at Tuffs University) broadly chronicles the history of environmental conservation movements that have extended past the borders of nations.
Concern for depleted timberlands, emergence of professional forestry, awareness of the role of forests in ecosystems, synthesis of a conservation movement, and beginnings of wilderness advocacy, had all contributed to important national developments by the close of the 19th century.
 
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