Index of conservation articles
# Index of conservation articles

This is an index of conservation topics. It is an alphabetical index of articles relating to conservation biology and conservation of the natural environment.

## A

* Abiotic stress - Adaptive management - Adventive plant - Aerial-seeding - Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora - Agroecology - American Prairie Foundation - Anti-whaling - Assisted migration - Assisted migration of forests in North America

## B

* Biodegradation - Biodiversity - Biodiversity action plan - Biodiversity hotspot - Biogenic - Biodiversity Outcomes Framework - Biogeographic realm - Biogeography - Bioinformatics - Biological integrity - Biomagnification - Biomaterial - Biome - Biomimicry - Biomonitoring - Biophilia hypothesis - Biophilic design - Biopiracy - Bioregion - Bioregionalism - Biosafety - Biosalinity - Biosecurity - Biosphere - Biosphere reserve - Biostatistics - Biosurvey - Biotechnology - Bioterrorism - Biotransference - Bird conservation - Blue-listed - Bottom trawling - Buffer zone

## C

* Captive breeding - Cave conservation - Charismatic megafauna - CITES - Common species - Community-based conservation - Compassionate conservation - Conference of Governors - Conservation agriculture - Conservation area - Conservation authority - Conservation biology - Conservation Commons - Conservation community - Conservation dependent - Conservation designation - Conservation development - Conservation easement - Conservation ethic - Conservation grazing - Conservation headland - Conservation land trust – Conservation management system - Conservation movement - Conservation of American bison - Conservation park - Conservation photography - Conservation psychology - Conservation-reliant species - Conservation status - Conservation welfare - Convention on Biological Diversity - COTES - Critically endangered species - Cross-boundary subsidy - Cross-fostering (conservation of resources)

## D

* Data deficient - Debt-for-nature swap - Deforestation

## E

* Ecoregion - Ecosystem restoration - Ecosystem services - Ecological crisis - Ecological island - Ecological niche - Ecological selection - Ecotone - Edge effect - Endangered species - Endangered species recovery plan - Endemic Bird Area - Endemism - Environmental stewardship - Evolutionarily Significant Unit - Extinction - Extinction event - Ex-situ conservation - Extinct in the wild - Extinction threshold

## F

* Flagship species - Forest fragmentation - Fortress conservation

## G

* Gaia theory - Gaia philosophy - Gaian - Game Warden - GPS Wildlife Tracking - GRANK - Gap analysis - Genetic pollution - Genetic erosion - Global strategy for plant conservation - Greenprinting

## H

* Habitat - Habitat fragmentation - Habitat conservation - Habitat destruction - Habitat fragmentation - Habitats Directive

## I

* Illegal logging - Important Bird Area - In-situ conservation - Index of biological integrity - Indianapolis Prize - Indigenous and community conserved area - The Institute for Bird Populations - Integrated Conservation and Development Project - Invader potential - Island restoration

## K

* Keystone species

## L

* Landscape-scale conservation - Lists of ecoregions by country - List of extinct birds - List of solar energy topics - List of threatened species of the Philippines - Local nature reserve - Logging - Latent extinction risk - Lower risk

## M

* Marine Protected Area - Marine conservation - Marine park - Marine reserve - Marxan - Millennium Seed Bank Partnership - Minimal impact code - Mission blue butterfly habitat conservation - Monarch butterfly conservation in California

## N

* National Cleanup Day - National Conservation Commission - National Conservation Exposition - National marine conservation area - National nature reserve - National park - NATURA 2000 - Natural heritage - Natural monument – Nature reserve - Nest box - North American Game Warden Museum

## O

* Old growth forest - Operation Wallacea

## P

* Penguin sweater - Pollinator decline - Protected area

## R

* Ramsar site - Rare species - Red-listed - Regional Forest Agreement - Regional Red List - Reforestation - Reintroduction - Resource management - Restoration ecology - Rewilding - Roadless area conservation

## S

* Scaling pattern of occupancy - Seedbank - Site based conservation - Site of Nature Conservation Interest - Site of Special Scientific Interest - Small population size - Soil salination - Soils retrogression and degradation - Solar air conditioning - Solar energy - Solar thermal energy - Shifting baseline syndrome - Soil conservation - Source-sink dynamics - Special Area of Conservation - Special Protection Area - Species richness - Species Survival Plan - Species of concern - Species translocation - Stewardship cessation Strict nature reserve - Subnational rank - Sustainability - Sustainable forest management - Sustainable habitat - Sustainable industries - Sustainable procurement - Sustainable seafood - Sustainable yield

## T

* Terraforming - Terrestrial ecoregion - The Nature Conservancy - 30 by 30 - Threatened species - Trail ethics - Translocation

## U

* Urban biosphere reserve

## V

* Variable retention - Vulnerability and susceptibility in conservation biology - Vulnerable species

## W

* Water Conservation Order - Waterbar - Waterway restoration - Weed - Wetland conservation - Wilderness area - Wildlife corridor - Wildlife Conservation Society - Wildlife reserve - Wildlife trade - Woodland management - World Cleanup Day - World Commission on Protected Areas - World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity as an Aid to their Survival - World Heritage Site - World Network of Biosphere Reserves

## Z

* Zoo - Zoogeography

## Conventions, protocols, panels and summits

* Biosafety protocol - Montreal 2000
* Convention on Biological Diversity
* Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
* Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas
* Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
* Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
* Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially As Waterfowl Habitat - Ramsar Convention
* Earth Summit 2002 (World Summit on Sustainable Development), Johannesburg 2002
* Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
* International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
* International Seabed Authority
* International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
* International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983
* IUCN protected area categories
* IUCN Red List
* United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
* World Commission on Protected Areas - WCPA

## United Nations bodies

* UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC)
* United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
* United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
* United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
