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Definition of conservation in English:

conservation

noun

mass noun

1Prevention of wasteful use of a resource.
‘the government must take action to promote energy conservation’
- ‘Broader efforts to cut back sprawl and promote energy conservation are just as important as personal economies.’
- ‘All the scientists I've talked to tell me that the best we can expect is to meet about 25 percent of our energy needs with renewable resources and conservation.’
- ‘However, there have been few attempts to base modern policies of resource conservation and management on customary ways of doing things.’
- ‘More of these crop dollars chasing crop production must be used instead to stimulate resource conservation.’
- ‘The government team in charge of promoting energy conservation has no campaign budget and with three members to handle the issue nationwide, are short of staff.’
- ‘Environmentalists worry that such thinking fosters lax attitudes about earthly issues like global warming and resource conservation.’
- ‘This would require significant readjustments to our lifestyles, including a shift from private to public transport, and a major drive towards energy and resource conservation.’
- ‘The festival also raises awareness about composting, waste prevention, energy conservation, alternative architecture and local and organic food production.’
- ‘Let's talk about energy use, conservation of resources and actually being innovative rather than sentimental about what cities in the 21st century might be.’
- ‘It would solve real problems: energy conservation, sick-building syndrome, resource depletion.’
- ‘Organizers plan to continue the energy conservation and tourist promotion program for at least the next 51 weeks.’
- ‘The festival will also raise awareness about natural health therapies, composting, waste prevention, energy conservation and alternative architecture.’
- ‘The Councillor also asked if the Government would consider further promoting energy conservation, in a bid to get people using less power.’
- ‘The key is conservation of resources above all else.’
- ‘So, we might ask, how do we know how to strike a balance between conservation of resources for the future, and consumption today?’
- ‘Next year we will be working on a transmedia project that deals with the intersection of energy conservation and personal lifestyle.’
- ‘Issues of future adaptability, energy conservation and economy of construction have all been addressed.’
- ‘They hope to do so by developing alternative energy sources, promoting energy conservation and supporting clean energy production.’
- ‘The package emphasizes energy conservation, organic certification, better environmental accounting and environmental legal aid.’
- ‘And some have gone even further, fighting waste by taxing landfill space or encouraging conservation by taxing electricity and water.’
conservation, careful management, good housekeeping, economy, thrift, thriftiness, frugality
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1. 1.1Preservation, protection, or restoration of the natural environment and of wildlife.
  with modifier ‘nature conservation’
  ‘Founded in 1938, their overall objective is to promote environmental protection and nature conservation nationally and internationally.’
  ‘The library will also organise a special display of books and CDs on the special theme of nature conservation and environmental protection.’
  ‘It would be naive to suggest that such views of the land represent the practice of a perfect natural form of wildlife conservation.’
  ‘Environmental protection and biodiversity conservation is the shared responsibility of all Australians.’
  ‘Awareness on environment and conservation of wildlife seems to have become a compulsory theme in cultural programmes in leading schools in Bangalore.’
  ‘Now most people think that ecological awareness and environmental conservation depends on what we know scientifically about the natural world.’
  ‘Apart from haze issues, the ministers will discuss the coastal marine environment, nature conservation and biodiversity.’
  ‘At 73, few could match his single-minded devotion to the cause of conservation and environment protection.’
  ‘Keystone forests, thanks to their large intact area and health, are ideal candidates for increased protection, conservation and restoration.’
  ‘Her work on environmental matters, conservation and protection of endangered species ranks high on her list of endless worthwhile endeavors.’
  ‘His remarks could be considered a challenge to the mainstream discourses of forest use and aforestation, nature conservation and protection.’
  ‘They fear the proposal will damage wildlife and nature conservation and that motorised vehicles will endanger people who already use country paths.’
  ‘It is in this regard that zoological parks play a vital role in helping people comprehend the importance of ecological and wildlife conservation.’
  ‘After his formal retirement in 1974, Dan made significant contributions to urban wildlife ecology and conservation.’
  ‘Other than this, the group intends to promote wise use of the land through the conservation of the natural environment.’
  ‘Their dreams of development did not involve the conservation of the natural environment.’
  ‘The key to Kerala tourism's sweepstakes is the protection and conservation of the bio-diversity of its amazing natural resources.’
  ‘It exposes students to research that addresses issues of conservation and management of wildlife populations.’
  ‘As a bonus, the elephants are in a place that helps educate the public on the need for habitat protection, resource management, and wildlife conservation.’
  ‘Nature, conservation, and environmentalism are presented as interchangeable.’
  preservation, protection, safeguarding, safe keeping, keeping, guarding, saving, looking after
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2. 1.2Preservation and repair of archaeological, historical, and cultural sites and artefacts.
  ‘the artworks in the collection need indexing and conservation’
  ‘In the last 10 years, over 30 posts for archaeological conservation in museums and other public bodies have been lost.’
  ‘Unsurprisingly, opportunities for archaeological conservation are regularly missed.’
  ‘That is in keeping with its purpose to promote the identification, protection, preservation, and conservation of historical and cultural heritage in New Zealand.’
  ‘The government also faces difficulty in financing the conservation of cultural sites and keeping their contents safe from theft and smuggling, he said.’
  ‘One of the hard tasks to be done involves historical conservation to retain, preserve and enhance Shanghai's local culture.’
  ‘The availability of grants in contributing towards the repairs and conservation of historic buildings has been very significant.’
  ‘The City wants to strengthen the preservation and conservation of cultural heritage collections and built assets, he says.’
  ‘She said it was a very significant project as there was a growing global concern on the issue concerning conservation of cultural heritage on living sacred sites.’
  ‘Ironically among the largest grants made was for archaeology, museum conservation and the teaching of ancient Mesopotamian languages.’
  ‘As a member of the National Council of Monuments of Culture, he has over thirty years of experience in conservation of historical monuments and buildings.’
  ‘To my mind, conservation of historic landscapes has long been a material consideration in planning decisions.’
  ‘With projects ranging from country houses in Ireland to the Great Wall of China, the World Monuments Fund has been a pioneer in the conservation of historic sites since its foundations in New York forty years ago.’
  ‘Collections care will be vastly improved and the plans include a conservation suite on site that will provide faster and safer repair and conservation for heritage items.’
  ‘He welcomed the European Commission's proposal to relocate funding to rural areas for production of organic foods, conservation of cultural heritage and traditions.’
  ‘The National Trust also involves volunteers in the physical conservation of sites and monuments.’
  ‘The Venice Charter codified acceptable universal principles and practices for the conservation of historic monuments.’
  ‘Yet conservation of this heritage is a century behind terrestrial archaeology, and as public fascination with it increases, so do the threats.’
  ‘It aims to further the appreciation of such buildings through an understanding of their architectural and historic value and the purpose, philosophy and techniques of conservation.’
  ‘Is this trend merely due to cultural conservation, or is it also bound up with the particular development of German society?’
  ‘Their plans feature conservation of the archaeological remains such as the blast furnace complex.’
  maintenance, repair, repairs, service, servicing, care, aftercare, preservation, conservation, running
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2Physics
The principle by which the total value of a physical quantity or parameter (such as energy, mass, linear or angular momentum) remains constant in a system which is not subject to external influence.
- ‘Early models of the atom treated the atom as a solar system and used the idea of angular momentum conservation to explain its stability.’
- ‘Because of conservation of angular momentum, the globes will resist any change in their orientation.’
- ‘An easy experiment is to reduce the cross section of a pipe in one region, making a so-called diffuser that produces large local flow velocities due to mass flux conservation.’
- ‘This is typical of a tunneling transition, which is forbidden by energy conservation in classical physics and hence has no expansion around a classical limit.’
- ‘In the nineteen twenties various experiments revealed what appeared to be a violation of the principle of energy conservation at the atomic level.’