Conservation, Outdoor Activities, Hiking

Conservation is a resource that is used for allocation, and protection. It is a system of moral and standard principles which primary focuses on maintaining the health of the natural world. This includes its biological diversity. Within the conservation of the environment there are two Secondary focuses. This is on materials conservation and energy conservation. These secondary focuses are seen as an important factor, to protect the natural world. People who are involved in conservation are known as conservationists.

There are many groups of conservationists; however they have numerous shared goals. These goals are to:

• Conserve habitat globally.
• Stop deforestation
• Protect sea life from extinction

The conservation ethic can be expressed by four R's: "Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle"

This communal ethic relates to local purchasing, and how it is sustained. They wish to use renewable resources, prevent harm to common resources; such as air and water quality. The principal that conservationist are trying to do is promote the principle of value explaining that the natural world has inherent and elusive worth.

The term "conservation" itself is very broad. There are many concepts for conservation, for example: cultural diversity, genetic diversity, environmental conservation, and seedbank. Recent movements within conservation are considered to be a resistance to commercialism and globalization. As these moral priorities are being rejected, it has consequently resulted in slow food. Benefits of conservation include:

• Cultural
• Natural Beauty
• Sustained variation within species
• Human
• Sustained natural process