section_path: Environmental movement/Preservation and conservation
section_name: Preservation and conservation
paragraph_text: Preservation and conservation
  
  Environmental preservation in the United States and other parts of the world, including Australia, is viewed as the setting aside of natural resources to prevent damage caused by contact with humans or by certain human activities, such as logging, mining, hunting, and fishing, often to replace them with new human activities such as tourism and recreation. Regulations and laws may be enacted for the preservation of natural resources.