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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. (conservationist) environmentalist: someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution
  2. The conservation movement, also known as nature conservation, is a political, environmental and a social movement that seeks to protect natural resources including plant and animal species as well as their habitat for the future.
  3. (The Conservationist) 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. (conservationist) 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. (Conservationist) People who care for and look after the environment.
  7. (conservationist (n)) Someone who promotes the use and sustainable management of a resource