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Conservation of Natural Resources

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Natural resources the wise use of the earth’s resources by humanity. The term conservationcame into use in the late 19th cent. and referred to the management, mainly for economic reasons, of such valuable natural resources as timber, fish, game, topsoil, pastureland, and minerals, and also to the preservation of forests, parkland , watershed areas and [...]