Conservation

Conservation is the act of preserving, guarding or protecting; wise use.

Conservation may refer to:
* Conservation of biodiversity, environment, and natural resources, including protection and management
* Conservation of Cultural heritage or Art conservation, protection and restoration of cultural heritage, including works of art and architecture, as well as archaeological and historical artefacts
* Conservation law, measurable property of isolated physical system that does not change as the system evolves, including conservation of energy, mass, momentum, electric charge, subatomic particles, an
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How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World
Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America
How Can I Help?: Saving Nature with Your Yard
A Wild Idea: The True Story of Doug Tompkins―From Corporate Capitalism to Conservation Legacy in Patagonia's Wilderness
The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees
Sea of Grass: The Conquest, Ruin, and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie
Windy Night with Wild Horses (Magic Tree House, #39)
Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
The Elephants of Thula Thula
The Lost Rainforests of Britain
Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse
The Shark Caller
Just in Case: Saving Seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
The Lie of the Land
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
Silent Spring
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
Last Chance to See
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard
The Elephant Whisperer: Learning About Life, Loyalty and Freedom from a Remarkable Herd of Elephants
Desert Solitaire
The Overstory
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World's Greatest Creatures
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Feral: Rewilding the Land, the Sea and Human Life
Wilderness and the American Mind
Tortoise Stew by P.C. ZickMagic America by C.E. MedfordCatori's Worlds by Murielle CyrTrails in the Sand by P.C. ZickA Sudden Light by Garth Stein
Environmental Novels
75 books — 99 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Jungle Books by Rudyard KiplingGorillas in the Mist by Dian FosseyOut of Africa by Isak DinesenHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Rainforests and Jungles of the World
393 books — 116 voters
Rats by Robert SullivanLily Pond by Hope RydenThe Irish Wildlife Book by Fergus O'GormanPaddy by R.D. LawrenceEager by Ben  Goldfarb
Natural History of Rodents
40 books — 9 voters

Every 9 Minutes by Christina VitaglianoThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootStiff by Mary RoachA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill  BrysonThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
Modern Science Nonfiction
479 books — 387 voters
The Carbon Almanac by The Carbon Almanac NetworkThe Great Bear Sea by Nicholas ReadEarth by Caroline  AllenPrimates by Jim OttavianiNo Place Like Earth by Lori Fettner
Best Earth Day Books
162 books — 25 voters


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