conservation effort

collocation in English

meaningsofconservationandeffort

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conservation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌkɒn.səˈveɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːn.sɚˈveɪ.ʃən/
the protection of plants and animals, natural areas, and interesting and important structures and buildings, especially from the damaging effects of ...
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effort
noun
uk
/ˈef.ət/us
/ˈef.ɚt/
physical or mental activity needed to ...
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(Definition ofconservationandeffortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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An integrated, internationalconservationeffortwould presumably need to tackle these challenges in tandem.
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Underlying these issues there are the problems of the lack of clarity about the usefulness of biodiversity preservation and the benefits that suchconservationeffortmay-or might-give rise to.
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We want aconservationeffortthat is effective at national, international, local and regional levels.
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But there have been considerable savings as a result of theconservationeffort.
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How can that possibly help theconservationeffort?
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Ourconservationeffortand enforcement will be much greater than that of other countries.
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However, its three-tier structure is inevitably over-centralised and remote from those areas where the natureconservationefforttakes place on the ground.
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At the moment, no one is satisfied: the licences are passing into foreign hands, ourconservationeffort is not being helped, and our fishing ports are being seriously affected.
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Our estimates show it should be perfectly possible to sustain the sort ofconservationeffortwe believe the nation needs without pricing water conservancy out of the market.
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A localconservationeffortto protect the environment lead to the development of tourism industry in the municipality.
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Marine reserves are a part of a growingconservationeffortto combat overfishing; however, reserves still only comprise about 1% of the worlds oceans.
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This has triggered an internationalconservationeffortthat began in the 1990s.
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In aconservationeffortbetween 2008 and 2010 around 2,000 wells have been closed.
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It is currently a subject ofconservationeffortsince many valuable collections are written using it but it causes "ink corrosion".
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When the bottom of the food web declines tremendously due to acidification, the food web and the whole marineconservationeffortis jeopardized.
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The onlyconservationeffortis bringing these animals into captivity within the zoo system, which should prevent it from going extinct.
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By 1938, the massiveconservationefforthad reduced the amount of blowing soil by 65%.
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Thisconservationeffortwould allow these species to benefit from vegetation and ecologically important resources.
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As most of the remaining populations live on private land, the logistics of theconservationeffortcan be complicated.
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Community participation and public support is crucial for anyconservationeffortto succeed.
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