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The radical idea that the planet looks better with some of its parts still attached.
means The careful protection of nature, resources, or wildlife so they survive for future generations rather than this quarter.
from From Latin conservare, to keep watch over or preserve, stitched together from con (thoroughly) and servare (to guard), the same root that guards your servants and your reserves.
Coined modernTerm popularized by US forester Gifford Pinchot.
Not preservationConservation allows wise use, preservation forbids touching.
Energy tooPhysics borrowed the word for never-vanishing quantities.