Conservation

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Conservation may refer to the following:

In science:
Conservation laws, in physics, states that a particular measurable property of an isolated or closed physical system does not change as the system evolves.
* Forms of "exact" conservation laws include: of linear momentum, of angular momentum, of electric charge, of color charge of probablity.
* "Approximate" conservation laws include the conservation...: of mass, of baryon number (See chiral anomaly), of flavor (violated by the weak interaction), of parity, of CP symmetry.

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Conservation movement, movement seeking to protect plant and animal species as well as the habitats they live in
* Conservation ethic in relation to preserving ecosystems
* Energy conservation, reducing non-renewable energy consumption
*Conservation ecology, any part of ecology that has a bearing on conservation
* Conservation biology, the protection and management of biodiversity
* Food preservation, reducing consumption of food.
* Conservationist, a proponent or advocate of conservation

Biology

Conservation (genetics), in genetics, related to homologous proteins amongst various phyla
Conservation (botany), in botany, a nomenclatural procedure
Conservation (psychology), in psychology, An ability in logical thinking according to Jean Piaget

Culture

Prolonging the material integrity of cultural and artistic objects
* Art conservation, the profession devoted to the preservation of cultural property
* Architectural conservation, immovable object conservation
* Archaeological site conservation

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