Editing Natural resource (section)

==Protection==
{{see also|Environmental protection}}
In 1982, the [[United Nations]] developed the [[World Charter for Nature]], which recognized the need to protect nature from further depletion due to human activity. It states that measures must be taken at all societal levels, from international to individual, to protect nature. It outlines the need for sustainable use of natural resources and suggests that the protection of resources should be incorporated into national and international systems of law.<ref>{{cite web |title=UN 1982 General Assembly World Charter for Nature: 48th Plenary meeting |url=https://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/37/a37r007.htm |publisher=United Nations |date=13 September 2011 |access-date=2016-12-12 |archive-date=2019-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402223342/https://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/37/a37r007.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> To look at the importance of protecting natural resources further, the World Ethic of Sustainability, developed by the [[IUCN]], [[World Wide Fund for Nature|WWF]] and the [[UNEP]] in 1990,<ref>{{cite journal|author=Fein, J.|date=2003|title=Learning to Care: Education and Compassion|journal=Australian Journal of Environmental Education|volume=19|pages=1–13|doi=10.1017/S0814062600001427|hdl=10072/368672|url=http://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/314613/fien03.pdf|access-date=May 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914130418/https://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/314613/fien03.pdf|archive-date=September 14, 2015|url-status=dead|hdl-access=free}}</ref> set out eight values for sustainability, including the need to protect natural resources from depletion. Since the development of these documents, many measures have been taken to protect natural resources including establishment of the scientific field and practice of conservation biology and habitat conservation, respectively.

[[Conservation biology]] is the scientific study of the nature and status of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting [[species]], their [[habitats]], and ecosystems from excessive rates of [[extinction]].<ref>M. E. Soulé and B. A. Wilcox. 1980. Conservation Biology: An Evolutionary-Ecological Perspective. Sinauer Associatess. Sunderland, Massachusetts.</ref><ref>M. E. Soule. (1986). What is conservation Biology? [[BioScience]], 35(11): 727–734 [http://www.michaelsoule.com/resource_files/85/85_resource_file1.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412085412/http://www.michaelsoule.com/resource_files/85/85_resource_file1.pdf|date=2019-04-12}}</ref> It is an interdisciplinary subject drawing on science, economics and the practice of [[natural resource management]].<ref name="Soule86">{{cite book|last = Soule| first= Michael E. | title= Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and Diversity| year = 1986 | publisher = Sinauer Associates| page = 584 | isbn=0-87893-795-1}}</ref><ref name="Hunter96">Hunter, M. L. (1996). Fundamentals of Conservation Biology. Blackwell Science Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts., {{ISBN|0-86542-371-7}}.</ref><ref name="Groom06">Groom, M.J., Meffe, G.K. and Carroll, C.R. (2006) Principles of Conservation Biology (3rd ed.). Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA. {{ISBN|0-87893-518-5}}</ref><ref name="Dyke08">{{cite book|last = van Dyke| first=Fred | title= Conservation Biology: Foundations, Concepts, Applications, 2nd ed.| year = 2008 | publisher = Springer Verlag| page = 478 | isbn=978-1-4020-6890-4<!-- (hc)-->}}</ref> The term ''conservation biology'' was introduced as the title of a conference held at the [[University of California, San Diego]], in La Jolla, California, in 1978, organized by biologists Bruce A. Wilcox and [[Michael E. Soulé]].

[[Habitat conservation]] is a type of [[land management]] that seeks to [[Conservation (ethic)|conserve]], protect and restore [[habitat]] areas for wild [[plant]]s and [[animal]]s, especially [[conservation reliant species]], and prevent their extinction, [[habitat fragmentation|fragmentation]] or reduction in [[Range (biology)|range]].<ref name="CDFG">{{cite web|url=http://www.dfg.ca.gov/habcon/|title=Habitat Conservation|last=Habitat Conservation Planning Branch|publisher=[[California Department of Fish & Game]]|access-date=2009-04-07|archive-date=2019-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026173356/http://www.dfg.ca.gov/habcon/|url-status=dead}}</ref>