Conservation
is an ethic of resource use, allocation, and protection. Its primary
focus is upon maintaining the health of the natural world its, fisheries,
habitats, and biological diversity. Secondary focus is on materials
conservation and energy conservation, which are seen as important to protect
the natural world. Those who follow the conservation ethic and, especially,
those who advocate or work toward conservation goals are termed
conservationists.
The conservation movement, also known as nature
conservation, is a political, environmental and a social movement that
seeks to protect natural resources including animal, fungus and plant species
as well as their habitat for the future. The early conservation movement included
fisheries and wildlife management, water, soil conservation and sustainable
forestry. The contemporary conservation movement has broadened from the early
movement's emphasis on use of sustainable yield of natural resources and
preservation of wilderness areas to include preservation of biodiversity. Some
say the conservation movement is part of the broader and more far-reaching
environmental movement, while others argue that they differ both in ideology
and practice. Chiefly in the United States, conservation is seen as
differing from environmentalism in that it aims to preserve natural resources
expressly for their continued sustainable use by humans. In other parts of
the world conservation is used more broadly to include the setting aside of
natural areas and the active protection of wildlife for their inherent value,
as much as for any value they may have for humans.
The
United Nations Postal Services issued a stamp on 19th November
1982, which is shown on this maxicard with the special postmark of that
day. Merja gave me this card.