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Habitat conservation is the practice of protecting a habitat [47] in order to protect the species within it. [4] This is sometimes preferable to focusing on a single species especially if the species in question has very specific habitat requirements or lives in a habitat with many other endangered species.
Svalbard Global Seed Bank, an ex situ conservation. Ex situ conservation (lit. ' off-site conservation ') is the process of protecting an endangered species, variety, or breed of plant or animal outside its natural habitat.
Habitat conservation is a management practice that seeks to conserve, protect and restore habitats and prevent species extinction, fragmentation or reduction in range. [1] It is a priority of many groups that cannot be easily characterized in terms of any one ideology .
Shoot, shovel, and shut up, also known as the 3-S treatment, refers to a method for dealing with unwanted or unwelcome animals primarily in rural areas. There have been reports of the frequently illegal triple-step procedure being used to dispatch mischievous pets, endangered species, and even sick livestock. Individuals often engage in this ...
Providing Native people the ability to use their traditional methods to conserve and restore of native species, can be one of the first steps taken in order to give just futures for indigenous people. [62] Tulalip Tribal professor Stephanie Fyrberg believes that in order to bring just futures to indigenous people their stories must be told.
The method of reconnecting people to nature through traditions and beliefs to foster a desire to protect nature. [29] The basis is that instead of forcing compliance to separate from nature onto the people, instead conservationists work with locals and their traditions to find conservation efforts that work for all.
The first country to pursue aggressive biological conservation through national legislation was the United States, which passed back to back legislation in the Endangered Species Act [65] (1966) and National Environmental Policy Act (1970), [66] which together injected major funding and protection measures to large-scale habitat protection and ...
An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching, invasive species, and climate change. [1]