Conservation Essay

Sort By:
Page 3 of 50 - About 500 essays
  • Decent Essays

    The activities undertaken under the adage of WCS include scientific research, national capacity building, policy interventions, site-based conservation and developing new models of wildlife conservation. The Project Elephant PE in short was launched in February 1992. It is a central sponsored scheme that intended to provide all kinds of support to the elephant bearing states in India, be it financial or technical for

    • 1394 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Conservation Land Trusts

    • 1089 Words
    • 5 Pages

    The first conservation land trust was the Trustees of Reservations which was founded in the early 1890’s. The number of land trusts has steadily increased with most forming in the last 25 years or so. There are land trusts working in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and other countries worldwide, in addition to international land trusts like The Nature Conservancy and the World Land Trust. Land trusts conserve all different types of land. Some protect only farmland or ranchland, others protect forests,

    • 1089 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    I decided to take action for the environmental movement because it is a big issue that impacts everyone. At first, my intent was to volunteer for an organization called “Fresh Roots”, but due to a scheduling conflict, I chose UBC Farm, which is no less essential in its impact in Vancouver’s sustainability. In theory, the environmental movement has succeeded in many of its basic goals, such as bringing attention to local and global problems, educating the public on simple sustainable actions, and

    • 882 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    put in captivity for animal conservation, and to educate the public about how important it is to keep these animals alive. It is often argued that zoos are a bad place to put animals, but studies have shown how endangered animals are better off in a zoo environment. Animals that go extinct in the wild around the world are shown to have a successful life in zoos. Even though some zoos have a bad reputation, they are actually really beneficial for wildlife conservation. The purpose of a zoo is to conserve

    • 738 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Better Essays

    Conservation Vs Religion

    • 1554 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Discuss the proposition that religion and conservation are natural partners. The modern conservation movement, with a reliance on a purely scientific paradigm, has proved unsuccessful. The rate of biodiversity loss, unsustainable consumerism, and ecosystem destruction has not slowed down, and only 7% of global land surface has been saved. This is despite the wealth of information provided by western scientists how environmental degradation is harmful for the health of individuals, communities,

    • 1554 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Synopsis: Achieving Conservation goals with Urbanizing Landscapes Goal of the Study: To help Conservation biology realize that they need to embrace urbanizing ecosystems; to consider designing a protected area of network in NJ highlands; to apply the costs of obtaining land and integrating this land into a protected urban area and to observe the performance of a long stand preserved urban area in central university in terms of its biodiversity protection. Rationale: Urban areas should not be

    • 1172 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Marine Conservation Essay

    • 1450 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Marine conservation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Coral reefs have a great amount of biodiversity. Marine conservation, also known as marine resources conservation, is the protection and preservation of ecosystems in oceans and seas. Marine conservation focuses on limiting human-caused damage to marine ecosystems, and on restoring damaged marine ecosystems. Marine conservation also focuses on preserving vulnerable marine species. Contents 1 Overview 2 Coral reefs

    • 1450 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Goal 1- Promote Conservation of Biological Diversity of Ecosystems, Habitats and Biomes India’s count of the Protected Area Network (PAN) has increased especially post the ‘Programme of Work on PAs by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)’ in 2004, by a 15 percent. Almost all state owned forests and other important ecosystems which are outside the PAN were also under some kind of broad-based conservation planning. Fourteen more potential sites were considered to get designated as Biosphere

    • 1347 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    There has been increasing awareness all over the world on the need to use biodiversity conservation for sustainable development. Biological resources should be protected and used to improve human conditions in ways that the world varieties of species will not diminish (Egunyomi and Salaam, 1996). NEST (1991) stated that over 350,000ha of forest and natural vegetation are being lost annually in Nigeria. One of the most effective and best means of conserving biodiversity is to prevent the destruction

    • 1295 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Majority of people posse the learning tools to educate themselves on simple effective conservation that maintains our environment. One tool useful while at home is the internet, which contains a huge database to assist in finding innovated ways go ‘green’ with water. Another way people utilize water conservation methods within their home improvements fixing poor plumping or damaged sprinkling systems. In addition, observing your bill to pin point

    • 1016 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Decent Essays