Conservation-restoration ( also referred to as conservation and restoration or simply conservation ) is a profession devoted to the preservation of cultural heritage for the future.

In 1924 in the UK the chemist Harold Plenderleith began to work at the British Museum with Dr. Alexander Scott in the newly created Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, thus giving birth to the conservation profession in the UK.

" The rapid growth of conservation professional organizations, publications, journals, newsletters, both internationally and in localities, has spearheaded the development of the conservation profession, both practically and theoretically.

Although this concept remains a guiding principle of the profession, it is a concept that has been widely critiqued within the conservation profession and is now considered by many to be " a fuzzy concept ".

In November 2008, the UK based think tank Demos published an influential pamphlet entitled ' It's a material world: caring for the public realm ', in which they argue for integrating the public directly into efforts to conserve material culture, particularly that which is in the public, their argument, as stated on page 16, demonstrates their belief that society can benefit from conservation as a paradigm as well as a profession:

The University can rarely provide all the necessary training in first hand experience that an apprenticeship can, and therefore in addition to graduate level training the profession also tends towards encouraging conservation students to spend time as an intern.

Since the tumultuous 1970s, when animal rights activists and environmentalists began to challenge some aspects of wildlife management, the profession has been overshadowed by the rise of conservation biology.

One such project is the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project that built on existing conservation efforts in Panama to create a country-wide response to the threat of chytridiomycosis.

Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa provides environmental stewardship and service-learning opportunities to youth and young adults while accomplishing conservation, natural resource management projects and emergency response work through its Young Adult Program and the Summer Youth Program.

The enactment and evolution of forestry laws and binding regulations occurred in most Western nations in the 20th century in response to growing conservation concerns and the increasing technological capacity of logging companies.

A short-lived boom in the mahogany trade occurred around 1900 in response to growing demand for the wood in the United States, but the ruthless exploitation of the forests without any conservation or reforestation depleted resources.

In 1998, in response to conservation groups and the public interest, the National Wildlife Research Center ( NWRC ), a USDA / APHIS laboratory in Fort Collins, Colorado, started work on nicarbazin, a promising compound for avian contraception.

The logged data can be used to collect or control time of use or rate of use data that can be used for water or energy usage profiling, time of use billing, demand forecasting, demand response, rate of flow recording, leak detection, flow monitoring, water and energy conservation enforcement, remote shutoff, etc.

The response of wintering Kirtland's Warblers to food patch dynamics in The Bahamas and its implications for conservation on the wintering grounds.

* In 1973, in response to the 1973 oil crisis and conservation concerns, ASHRAE Standards 62-73 and 62-81 ) reduced required ventilation from 10 CFM ( 4. 76 L / S ) per person to 5 CFM ( 2. 37 L / S ) per person.

In response, Tata cites its programs for environment and resource conservation, including reduction in greenhouse emission, raw materials and water consumption.

The CCC is a work development program specifically for men and women between the ages of 18 to 25, offering work in environmental conservation, fire protection, land maintenance, and emergency response to natural disasters.

The spread of books, and attention to their cataloging and conservation, as well as literary criticism developed during the Hellenistic period with the creation of large libraries in response to the desire for knowledge exemplified by Aristotle.

This growth has allowed for continuious large-scale inventories of species ’ response to fragmentation, which is a main focal point of research concerning future conservation ( Bierregaard 2001 ).

The Panel Paintings Initiative is a response to the growing recognition that significant collections of paintings on wood panels may be at risk in coming decades due to the waning numbers of conservators and craftspeople with the highly specialized skills required for the conservation of these complex works of art.

Understanding the response of a species ' to a spatial structure provides useful information in regards to biodiversity conservation and habitat restoration.

** USJ Co., Ltd. was given the award and recognized by The Nikkei Newspaper as an excellent business establishment that has realized exemplary work environment in the 21st century by improving business efficiency and contributing community and society in response to the raise of network-based society and global environmental conservation.

The results of this work was the report A Public Trust at Risk: The Heritage Health Index Report on the State of America's Collections, which was published in December 2005 and concluded that immediate action is needed to prevent the loss of 190 million artifacts that are in need of conservation treatment.

Environment-current issues: In the 2006 environment annual report, the Ministry of Environment reported that current major issues are global warming and preservation of the ozone layer, conservation of the atmospheric environment, water and soil, waste management and recycling, measures for chemical substances, conservation of the natural environment and the participation in the international cooperation.

Public usage of the park was mainly for wildflower observation in winter and spring according to a 1974 report, whose recommendation ( which was not followed ) would have seen it demoted to a flora and fauna conservation reserve.

* The Landfall / Janet Frame desk conservation report

The claimants commissioned a report from Professor D. Williams on traditional ecological knowledge, ethnobotany and international and New Zealand law on intellectual property and conservation.

These missions will launch the preservation activities recommended in the January report and will include capacity building activities to enhance the preservation capabilities of governmental staff and young conservation experts.

), A report on aspects of biodiversiy and conservation potential in El Refugio.

While musicians report improvements in their own experience of the acoustic from the stage perspective, some audience members report disappointment that renovations have failed to improve the acoustics of the hall, largely due to conservation imperatives which are noted by the acoustic developers.

* Annals of the Entomological Society of America – Articles report on basic aspects of the biology of arthropods, divided into categories by subject matter: systematics ; ecology and population biology ; arthropod biology ; arthropods in relation to plant diseases ; conservation biology and biodiversity ; physiology, biochemistry, and toxicology ; morphology, histology, and fine structure ; genetics ; and behavior.

In the conference report on the 1982 amendments, Congress specified that it intended the San Bruno plan to act " as a model " for future conservation plans developed under the incidental take exemption provision and that " the adequacy of similar conservation plans should be measured against the San Bruno plan ".

The group was to “ report and make recommendations of Government … on any matter arising from the environmental, ecological and social effects of the construction and operation of the Manapouri-Te Anau electric power scheme on the townships of Manapouri and Te Anau, the lakes and shorelines of Te Anau and Manapouri, and the rivers flowing in and out of these lakes with particular reference to the effects of lake levels on scenic values, conservation, recreation, tourism and other related activities and amenities ”.

While the group is one of the most well-known mainstream environmental groups of the country, it has also come under criticism, such as in 2010 when Prime Minister John Key accused them of engaging in " predictable scaremongering " when the group warned that a yet unreleased government report proposed to allow mining in 7000ha of high-value conservation land in Paparoa National Park, Great Barrier Island and the Coromandel Peninsula.

Since the report by Care for the Wild International, a coalition of 39 prominent conservation groups, including the Humane Society International, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, the World Society for the Protection of Animals and the World Wide Fund for Nature, have penned a letter to the Director General of National Parks in Thailand under the name ' The International Tiger Coalition '.

David Woodley Packard, who has funded conservation work at Herculaneum through his Packard Humanities Institute, has said that he is likely to be able to fund excavation of the Villa of the Papyri when the authorities agree to it ; but no work will be permitted on the site until the completion of a feasibility report, which has been in preparation for some years.

A 2009 report by Natural England, the Government ’ s conservation body, and the People's Trust for Endangered Species recommended that beaver be reintroduced to the wild in England.

In May 2007 The Faroese Ministry of Culture ( Mentamálaráðið ) published a Provisional report on the conservation of the whaling station as a maritime museum-The Whaling Station við Áir.

The report called for Ontario to emphasize energy conservation, while also ensuring " reliability, diversity and affordability ", and consumer protection.

Key words in the 1974 National Parks Policy Review Committee report are “ priority must be given to the conservation of natural beauty ”.

The church was reconstructed in 1822, but by 1868 a report by the Civil Governor of the District of Horta, at that time António José Vieira Santa Rita, considered the building to be in a bad state of conservation.

The foundation and Boyd created a separate report, " Sustainability within a Generation ", that addresses Canada's capacities to improve sustainability and environmental conservation.

In 2009, Archaeological Survey of India ( ASI ) awarded the restoration project of five monuments with the garden in phases to and INTACH Delhi Chapter, starting with the Bara Gumbad, Shish Gumbad and Mohammed Shah's Tomb, after conservation report for the sites were being prepared since 2007.