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Nature conservation is the moral philosophy and conservation movement focused on protecting species from extinction, maintaining and restoring habitats, enhancing ecosystem services, and protecting biological diversity. A range of values underlie conservation, which can be guided by biocentrism, anthropocentrism, ecocentrism, and sentientism, environmental ideologies that inform ecocultural practices and identities. There has recently been a movement towards evidence-based conservation which calls for greater use of scientific evidence to improve the effectiveness of conservation efforts. As of 2018 15% of land and 7.3% of the oceans were protected. Many environmentalists set a target of protecting 30% of land and marine territory by 2030. In 2021, 16.64% of land and 7.9% of the oceans were protected. The 2022 IPCC report on climate impacts and adaptation, underlines the need to conserve 30% to 50% of the Earth's land, freshwater and ocean areas – echoing the 30% goal of the U.N.'s Convention on Biodiversity. Ultimately, these movements should be further promoted to encourage biodiversity and to conserve a functional ecosystem. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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The Photo Ark: One Man's Quest to Document the World's Animals
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Zur Natur und Geschichte des Naturschutzgebietes Seeberg bei Gotha
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Natur im Gleichgewicht?
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Geschichte des Naturschutzes in der Lüneburger Heide
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Naturschutzgebiet Lüneburger Heide
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Die Naturschutzgebiete in Rheinland-Pfalz
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Naturschutzpark Lüneburger Heide
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