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conservation of natural resources

(Encyclopedia)conservation of natural resources, the wise use of the earth's resources by humanity. The term conservation came into use in the late 19th cent. and referred to the management, mainly for economic rea...

natural resources, conservation of

(Encyclopedia)natural resources, conservation of: see conservation of natural resources. ...

International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

(Encyclopedia)International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), formerly World Conservation Union, international organization founded in 1948 to encourage the preservation of wildlife...

World Conservation Union

(Encyclopedia)World Conservation Union: see International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. ...

conservation

(Encyclopedia)conservation, in art: see art conservation and restoration. ...

conservation of wildlife

(Encyclopedia)conservation of wildlife: see conservation of natural resources; endangered species; wildlife refuge. ...

wildlife, conservation of

(Encyclopedia)wildlife, conservation of: see endangered species; wildlife refuge; conservation of natural resources. ...

Hitchcock, Ethan Allen

(Encyclopedia)Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1835–1909, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1898–1907), b. Mobile, Ala. He was appointed minister to Russia in 1897 but was called into McKinley's cabinet the next year. Und...

conservation laws

(Encyclopedia)conservation laws, in physics, basic laws that together determine which processes can or cannot occur in nature; each law maintains that the total value of the quantity governed by that law, e.g., mas...

Civilian Conservation Corps

(Encyclopedia)Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), established in 1933 by the U.S. Congress as a measure of the New Deal program. The CCC provided work and vocational training for unemployed single young men through ...