conservation中等

“When you talk about conservation or restoration, the first question has to be restoration by whom, for whom?” says Daniel Janzen, a biologist at the University of Pennsylvania.

宾夕法尼亚大学的生物学家丹尼尔·詹曾说：“当你谈论保护或恢复时，首先要问的问题必须是：由谁来恢复，为谁而恢复？”

a controversial conservation area.

一个有争议的保护区。

Two centuries ago, the idea of preserving nature, rather than exploiting it, was a novel one to many U.S. settlers. One of the turning points in public support for land conservation efforts — and recognizing the magnificence of the Yellowstone region in particular — came in the form of vivid photographs.

两个世纪前，保护自然而非开发自然的理念，对许多美国定居者来说是一个新奇的想法。公众开始支持土地保护工作——尤其是认识到黄石地区的壮美——的转折点之一，是以生动照片的形式出现的。

Joana Lia Ferreira, an assistant professor of conservation and restoration at the NOVA School of Science and Technology, notes that archaeologists first defined the great material ages of human history — Stone Age, Iron Age, and so on — after examining artifacts in museums.

新里斯本大学科学技术学院文物保护与修复专业助理教授若阿娜·利娅·费雷拉指出，考古学家正是在研究了博物馆里的文物之后，才首次界定了人类历史上伟大的材料时代——石器时代、铁器时代等等。

Both the wildlife park and zoo claimed to be operating for the benefit of the animals and for conservation purposes.

野生动物园和动物园都声称自己是为了动物的利益和保护目的而运营的。

Neither one of them actually participated in any contributions to animal research or conservation.

它们都没有真正为动物研究或保护做出过任何贡献。