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'''Conservation''' is the preservation or efficient use of resources, or the conservation of various quantities under physical laws.

'''Conservation''' may also refer to:

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== Environment and natural resources ==
* [[Nature conservation]], the protection and management of the environment and natural resources
**[[Wetland conservation]],  protecting and preserving areas where water exists at or near the Earth's surface, such as swamps, marshes and bogs.
* [[Conservation biology]], the science of protection and management of biodiversity
* [[Conservation movement]], political, environmental, or social movement that seeks to protect natural resources, including biodiversity and habitat
* [[Conservation organization]], an organization dedicated to protection and management of the environment or natural resources
* [[Wildlife conservation]], the practice of protecting wild species and their habitats in order to prevent species from going extinct
* [[Conservation (magazine)|''Conservation'' (magazine)]], published by the Society for Conservation Biology from 2000 to 2014
** [[Conservation Biology (journal)|''Conservation Biology'' (journal)]], scientific journal of the Society for Conservation Biology

== Physical laws ==
* [[Conservation law]], principle that a particular measurable property of an isolated physical system does not change as the system evolves over time
** [[Conservation of energy]], principle that the total energy of an isolated system remains constant over time
** [[Conservation of mass]], principle that the mass of any closed system must remain constant over time
** [[Conservation of linear momentum]], principle that the total momentum of a closed system is constant
** [[Conservation of angular momentum]], principle that total angular momentum of a system is constant
** [[Charge conservation]], principle that the total electric charge in an isolated system never changes

== Land designated for conservation ==
* [[Conservation area (United Kingdom)]], an area considered worthy of preservation because of its architectural or historic interest
* [[Conservation designation]], the status of an area of land in terms of conservation or protection
* [[Conservation district]], government entities that help manage and protect land and water resources in U.S. states and insular areas
* [[Conservation easement]], a power of an organization to constrain the exercise of rights otherwise held by a landowner to achieve certain conservation purposes
* [[Conservation community]], a community committed to saving large parcels of land from ecological degradation

== Other uses ==
* [[Conservation (psychology)]], learning development of logical thinking, according to Jean Piaget 
* [[Conservation and restoration of cultural property]], the conservation or restoration of cultural heritage
** [[Conservation and restoration of immovable cultural property]]
** [[Conservation science (cultural property)]], the interdisciplinary study of conservation of cultural works

== See also ==
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* [[Conservation ministry (disambiguation)]]
* [[Conservation science (disambiguation)]]
* [[Conservatism (disambiguation)]]
* [[Conserve (disambiguation)]]
* [[Conserved quantity]], in mathematics, a function of dependent variables that remains constant
* [[Conserved sequence]], similar or identical sequences of nucleic acids, proteins, protein structures, or polymeric carbohydrates
* [[Conversation (disambiguation)]]
* [[Preservation (disambiguation)]]
* [[Sustainable forest management]]
* [[Wildlife management]], management to conserve wild species and their habitats

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