conservationist
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- anticonservationist noun
- proconservationist adjective
Etymology
Origin of conservationist
First recorded in 1865–70; conservation + -ist
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“He’d always say that the real winner in a surfing contest was the guy who had the most fun,” said Lennie Roberts, a conservationist in San Mateo County and longtime friend of Caughlan’s.
From Los Angeles Times
Teeming with plant and animal life, the oceans are responsible for creating half of the globe's oxygen supply and are vital to combatting climate change, conservationists say.
From Barron's
“People sell those markers, even those little vases you put on them, and melt them down for money,” says Rebecca Meyer, 48, a gravestone conservationist and president of Epoch Preservation.
ZSL conservationists hailed the births as a landmark in their international project to save the species.
From BBC
A pair of twin mountain gorillas has been born in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - a rare occurrence for the endangered primates, conservationists at Virunga National Park say.
From BBC
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