LekhoriLekhoriThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
Wise use of natural resources.
“My father had ideas about conservation long before the United States took it up.[…]You preserve water in times of flood and freshet to be used for power or for irrigation throughout the year. …”
The discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources
From Old French. By surface analysis, conserve + -ation.
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