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Conservation has been defined as having “to do with the proper rate of use of a resource” (Jeffers 1943). Human conservation of renewable natural resources is, however, sometimes limited to selecting the proper rate of human use of the natural objects currently beneficial to man. Conservation should not be confused with preservation, although preservation could be considered a special case of conservation: one where the “proper” rate is a zero rate of human use. Throughout this chapter I adopt a conservationist’s stance, “proper” can range from zero to a positive value, depending upon the tradition to which one subscribes.
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© 1985 Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht
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Leary, R.A. (1985). Conservation Traditions. In: Interaction theory in forest ecology and management. Forestry Sciences, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5151-8_13
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