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Noun
/ˌkänsərˈvāSHənist/,
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conservationists, plural;
  1. A person who advocates or acts for the protection and preservation of the environment and wildlife

  1. environmentalist: someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution
  2. Conservationists are defined by what they conserve. Conservationists advocate for the protection of all the species in an ecosystem with a strong focus on the natural environment. Conservation is a part of the wider environmental movement.
  3. The Conservationist is a 1974 novel by 1991 Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer. The book was a joint winner of the Man Booker Prize for fiction.
  4. A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species; Someone who advocates for these actions
  5. Conservationism in a technical sense refers to an anthropocentric view of nature as a resource for our use. It opposes, however, mere exploitation of natural resources for short-term gain that exhausts or degrades them. ...
  6. someone who advocates the protection of a natural resource, usually by planned management, to prevent its depletion or destruction
  7. a person who advocates on behalf of natural resources; Conservation
  8. Someone who promotes the use and sustainable management of a resource
  9. People who care for and look after the environment.
  10. One who advocates or promotes conservation, esp. of the natural resources of a country; one engaged in protecting game and fish, preserving forests, conserving the food and fuel supply in the public interest.