What is conservation?
The word "conservation" is derived from a Latin word meaning "to keep" or "to guard". Today the challenge of conservation extends to all of Earth's natural resources, including air, water, soil, minerals, wildlife and habitats.
"Whatever befalls the earth
befalls the sons and daughters of the earth…
We did not weave the web of life;
we are merely a strand in it.
Whatever we do to the web,
we do to ourselves."
— Chief Seattle