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  1. Conservation in the life sciences, is action
  2. taken to protect and preserve the natural
  3. world, usually from pollution, 
  4. overexploitation, and other harmful features
  5. of human activity. The late 1980s saw a great
  6. increase in public concern for the 
  7. environment, with membership of conservation
  8. groups, such as Friends of the Earth, the
  9. Sierra Club, and the Nature Conservancy 
  10. rising sharply.
  11.  
  12. Subject by: Samantha Good
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