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Wenz, Peter S. "Conservatism and Conservation." Philosophy 61, no. 238 (October 1986): 503–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003181910006126x.

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Utilitarians believe that personal decisions and public policies should be made so as to maximize the public good, or, as Jeremy Bentham put it, to produce the greatest good of the greatest number. Bentham identified the public good with the maximization of happiness, and believed that many traditional practices were inimical to the production of happiness. So in the name of maximizing the public good, Bentham advocated, for example, extending the franchise, reforming the criminal code and re-designing prisons. People's prejudices and traditional habits of thought must yield in the face of utilitarian-inspired reforms.

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Fritz, Edward C. "Conservation and Logging Practices." Conservation Biology 6, no. 1 (March 1992): 6–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1992.6100062.x.

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Achiso, Zewde, and Nebiyou Masebo. "Parkland Agroforestry Practices on Biodiversity Conservation- A Review." SSR Institute of International Journal of Life Sciences 5, no. 6 (November 2019): 2412–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.21276/ssr-iijls.2019.5.6.1.

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Jan, Koukolíček, Herout Marcel, Pulkrábek Josef, and Pazderů Kateřina. "Influence of soil conservation practices on legume crops growth." Plant, Soil and Environment 64, No. 12 (November 30, 2018): 587–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/549/2018-pse.

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In a three-year experiment, three types of soil conservation techniques were tested in the legumes cultivation systems. Our treatment types were no-till, standard tillage to the depth of 8 cm and deep tillage to 20 cm. The study evaluated winter pea (cv. Enduro), spring pea (cv. Eso), white lupine (cv. Amiga), narrow-leaved lupine (cv. Boregine) and soybean (cv. Merlin) in two autumn terms (winter pea only) and in spring term (all legume species). In no-till technology, the average yield of all legumes was 2.24 t/ha. For standard tillage (2.58 t/ha) and deep tillage (2.62 t/ha), yields were significantly higher than in no-till technology. From the monitored parameters, deep tillage appeared as the best soil treatment. Although the yield was similar to standard tillage, the soil was less stiffened, resulting in a higher content of nitrogen in the seed and a better use of the pre-crop value of the legumes. In the experiment, winter pea spring sowing term (2.93 t/ha) was better than both autumn sowings (2.68 t/ha and 2.65 t/ha).

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Lamei, Saleh. "Insights into Current Conservation Practices." Museum International 57, no. 1-2 (May 2005): 136–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0033.2005.00522.x.

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Rouchon, Véronique, Laëtitia Desserrières, Céline Daher, Florence Viguier-Dutheil, and Natalie Coural. "Ingres’ Drawings: Retrospective Conservation Practices." Journal of Paper Conservation 19, no. 3 (July 3, 2018): 88–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18680860.2018.1642569.

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Perkasa, H. W., F. Nurfatriani, S. Astana, and Erwidodo. "Analysis of soil and water conservation practices by community throughout the Upper Citarum River Watershed: motivational, technical and institutional aspects." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 917, no. 1 (November 1, 2021): 012006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/917/1/012006.

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Abstract Forest degradation in the Upper Citarum Watershed requires an approach to changing farming patterns that applies techniques of soil and water conservation. The objective of the paper is to examine the extent to which the community in the Upper Citarum Watershed has practiced soil and water conservation techniques in its farming practices, as well as institutional support and community motivation in the application of the conservation practices. This study used a survey of 499 farmers to collect data in Bandung and West Bandung districts. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistic analysis. Results of the study indicate that the soil and water conservation practices have been implemented by 45% of the farm household. The households practicing conservation techniques have higher revenue compared to those who not practicing. The sources of information that households learned come from fellow local farmers, while the most reasons motivating households to practice soil and water conservations are to prevent erosion and improve water supply. The local Agriculture and Forestry Service Offices and Watershed Agency are the dominant sources of assistance with the form of assistance are either materials or training. This study recommends improving spatial planning, providing market incentives and assistance, and supporting the agroforestry system.

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Verma, Samiksha. "Traditional Water Conservation Techniques in India." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 10, no. 1 (January 31, 2022): 705–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2022.39904.

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Abstract: Water conservation is a practice needed for survival. In India, various techniques are used to save water, which are practical and climate-responsive. From the age of the Indus valley civilization, till today many practices are seen in different parts of India. The traditional practices used for conserving water and even cooling buildings in ancient times. Forts surrounded water bodies for protection from enemies. Indians continue to build structures to catch and store the monsoon rains. Some unique water conservation techniques are still practiced in India and are efficient. These are sometimes better than the presentday water-saving techniques. The paper summarizes the transformation over the years in the construction and advancements of water conservation practices in India. In dry regions, these practices have helped people survive tough times. Keywords: Rain water harvesting, Storage, Tanks, Traditional methods, Water conservation

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Hasim, Mohamad Sufian, Wan Farissa Haslin Wan Azam, Ahmad Ezanee Hashim, and Nor Rima Muhamad Ariff. "Energy Conservation Practices in Universities Buildings." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 4, no. 12 (December 31, 2019): 123. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i12.1899.

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Energy conservation is one of the significant initiatives towards sustainable campus and should be implemented in university facilities management practices. This research benchmarked for the most effective initiatives and strategies for energy conservation practices in universities. Six (6) semi-structured interview was conducted in three (3) universities organization. The most five (5) effective energy conservation practiced were energy awareness programs in place, adopting energy-efficient appliances and equipment, managing time schedules, implementing the prepaid metering system, and energy management planning. Therefore, the commitments and participation are needed from all universities, both private and public organizations, toward achieving a sustainable future.Keywords: Energy Conservation; Energy Efficiency; Sustainable Facilities Management; Sustainable Universities.eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i12.1899

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Roper, Lydia L., Leatha A. Darden, and Frances P. McLean. "Energy Conservation Practices in Alabama Residences." Journal of Interior Design 11, no. 2 (September 1985): 52–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-1668.1985.tb00022.x.

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Tanentzap, Andrew J., Susan Walker, and R. T. Theo Stephens. "Better practices for reporting on conservation." Conservation Letters 10, no. 1 (January 28, 2016): 146–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12229.

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Sharma, Rupali, Monika Sharma, Manisha Mathela, Himanshu Bargali, and Amit Kumar. "A unique archetype of conservation in Himachal Pradesh, western Himalaya, India." Journal of Threatened Taxa 13, no. 6 (May 26, 2021): 18647–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.6421.13.6.18647-18650.

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Owing to numerous emerging threats to biodiversity, its conservation has been of paramount importance in today’s world. Interestingly, many modern practices have been followed globally for the conservation of natural resources, yet traditional conservation practices that could set an excellent example need to be explored worldwide. Keeping this in view, the current communication aims to highlight a unique conservation method that has been practiced in the remote and cold-arid region of the state of Himachal Pradesh in the western Himalaya. Locally known as ‘Praja Mandal’, this indigenous system of conservation needs to be addressed and adopted nationwide with an eye towards a sustainable ecosystem.

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Rachman, Yeni Budi, and Wiwit Ratnasari. "Academic Libraries’ Sustainable Preservation and Conservation Practices." Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture 51, no. 3 (October 1, 2022): 121–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/pdtc-2022-0024.

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Abstract Studies on climate change and sustainability have been gaining interest within the global preservation and conservation communities. However, studies related to sustainability in library preservation and conservation, especially in academic libraries, are still limited. This study aims to determine current practices of sustainable library preservation and conservation in academic libraries. The findings of this study will serve as a starting point to obtaining a comprehensive understanding of how academic libraries are implementing climate change–responsible preservation and conservation programs. This study applies quantitative and descriptive approaches to collect data. A questionnaire was distributed to the top 200 universities in the Universitas Indonesia (UI) GreenMetric World University Rankings 2021. The results show that current practices of sustainable library preservation and conservation implemented at the majority of academic libraries relate to sustainable energy use. Although some areas still need to be developed (e.g., policy and regulation toward sustainable library preservation and conservation practices, alternative eco-friendly preservation and conservation materials, and waste management practices), the fact that academic libraries have implemented sustainable practices in preservation and conservation is noted as a positive finding, since it represents success in universities’ efforts to address the climate change issue.

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Awuh, Harrison Esam. "Conservation-Induced Resettlement." Transfers 6, no. 2 (June 1, 2016): 54–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/trans.2016.060205.

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This article demonstrates how conservation-induced immobilization affects the movement of knowledge and practices. I employ the case study of the Baka of East Cameroon to show how spatial immobility, or forced anthropostasis, among the Baka influences the flow of some kinds of knowledge and practices. This study also offers a critique of the view that, when hunter-gatherers settle in towns or permanent villages, their access to new knowledge and practices will be improved, thereby making their lives better. Rather, the loss of local medical knowledge, increased alcohol abuse, and an increasing destabilization of the ecological environment are the main detrimental consequences of new forms of knowledge that Baka are acquiring in villages as a result of contacts with the state, absorption into a capitalist society, and the influence of western-based nongovernmental organizations.

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Essel, E., J. J. Galley, H. D. Mohammad, A.-W. M. Imoro, I. Sackey, and M.-G. Adonadaga. "INDIGENOUS CONSERVATION OF CROP GENETIC RESOURCES IN THE UPPER EAST REGION OF GHANA." UDS International Journal of Development 8, no. 2 (February 10, 2022): 624–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.47740/607.udsijd6i.

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Traditional farmers are aware of crop genetic erosion and use various indigenous conservation methods in their farming systems to protect and sustain crop production. The objective of the study was to assess the indigenous conservation methods and practices for some selected crop genetic resources (CGRs) in the Kassena-Nankana and Bolgatanga areas of Ghana. Data was gathered with the aid of a questionnaire, secondary data and first-hand observations. The primary subject for the study were farmers. The study communities were selected by convenient sampling and based on key informants’ information. Two hundred farmers from ten communities each from Kassena-Nankana and Bolgatanga municipalities served as subjects in this study. The results revealed that, farmer’s choice of CGRs for cultivation was based on food preference, marketability, and early maturing crops among others. Maize, millet, rice and groundnut were the most cultivated crops in the two study areas making up 15-25%. In both areas, 52-65% of the farmers were males and 35-48% females. Use of preserved seeds as planting materials was practiced by 41-49% of farmers, 21-26% purchased their planting materials and 21-23% practiced a combination of the two. The indigenous conservation practices were pot preservation, bunch hanging, bottle preservation, sack preservation and local silos/barns. Methods employed to achieve CGRs conservation included the use of ashes from burnt plant residue and plant parts and plant extracts. The findings of the study revealed that some indigenous practices are moderately practiced by the farmers in the surveyed areas to ensure CGRs conservation and food security. Keywords: Conservation practices, Crop, Genetic resources, Farmers, Indigenous, Ghana

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Bhattacharya, Deepak. "Paddy field soil conservation: Indian historical practices." Agricultural Sciences 02, no. 03 (2011): 341–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/as.2011.23045.

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Roberts, W. J. "CURRENT ENERGY CONSERVATION PRACTICES IN THE USA." Acta Horticulturae, no. 257 (December 1989): 31–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.1989.257.5.

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Deutschman, Mark Robert, and Sarah Koep. "Improved Cost Estimates for Agricultural Conservation Practices." Applied Engineering in Agriculture 38, no. 3 (2022): 539–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/aea.14677.

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HighlightsDeveloped Useful Life Total Cost (ULTC) functions for 23 types of agricultural conservation practices.Derived each cost function from multiple ULTC estimates bracketing a range of design variations and sizes for each agricultural conservation practice.Developed Annual ULTC based on practice life cycle duration.Compared Prioritize, Target, Measure Application costs to ULTC.Recommend using ULTC rather than Prioritize, Target, Measure Application Environmental Quality Incentives Program payment as a cost surrogate. Abstract. The cost to achieve water quality goals is an essential piece of information necessary for assessing whether the expected societal benefits are worthy of investment.Within the United States, taxes generate the “public money” to pay to improve water quality. State and Federal Agencies distribute the public’s money to local governments and landowners as grants and cost-share to implement agricultural conservation practices (“practices”). Comparing the cost to improve water quality and the anticipated public benefit helps inform the investment decision.The lack of a robust method for estimating the cost of practices and developing a Water Quality Strategy hampers the ability to compare cost and benefits. Within Minnesota and North Dakota, Water Quality Practitioners commonly use the Prioritize, Target, Measure Application (PTMApp) to develop strategies to improve water quality. PTMApp utilizes the Environmental Quality Incentives Program payment as a surrogate to estimate practice cost. The Environmental Quality Incentives Program payment is a percentage of the estimated cost to implement a typical practice scenario, excluding the labor to plan, design and permit the practice; inspect the practice during construction; operate and maintain the practice; finance costs; and in most cases forgone income.We addressed the need for estimates of practice cost by developing Useful Life Total Costs (UTLCs) for 23 agricultural conservation practices. Useful Life Total Costs incurred throughout the practice life cycle begin with planning and end with reconstruction to maintain proper function. We developed multiple ULTCs (year 2020) for each practice by bracketing the range of design variations and sizes. Legacy PTMApp costs ranged from 1% to 55% of the UTLC, confirming underestimation of the actual practice costs.Cost functions developed by selecting the best-fit line between the ULTCs and a predominant practice physical characteristic are useful for developing Water Quality Strategies. The cost functions, recently incorporated into PTMApp, considerably improve the ability to estimate the actual cost to achieve water quality goals and societal benefits. Keywords: Benefits, Implementation, Life cycle, Planning, PTMApp, Useful life, Water quality.

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Lizotte, Richard E., Peter C. Smiley, Robert B. Gillespie, and Scott S. Knight. "Agricultural Conservation Practices and Aquatic Ecological Responses." Water 13, no. 12 (June 18, 2021): 1687. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13121687.

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Conservation agriculture practices (CAs) have been internationally promoted and used for decades to enhance soil health and mitigate soil loss. An additional benefit of CAs has been mitigation of agricultural runoff impacts on aquatic ecosystems. Countries across the globe have agricultural agencies that provide programs for farmers to implement a variety of CAs. Increasingly there is a need to demonstrate that CAs can provide ecological improvements in aquatic ecosystems. Growing global concerns of lost habitat, biodiversity, and ecosystem services, increased eutrophication and associated harmful algal blooms are expected to intensify with increasing global populations and changing climate. We conducted a literature review identifying 88 studies linking CAs to aquatic ecological responses since 2000. Most studies were conducted in North America (78%), primarily the United States (73%), within the framework of the USDA Conservation Effects Assessment Project. Identified studies most frequently documented macroinvertebrate (31%), fish (28%), and algal (20%) responses to riparian (29%), wetland (18%), or combinations (32%) of CAs and/or responses to eutrophication (27%) and pesticide contamination (23%). Notable research gaps include better understanding of biogeochemistry with CAs, quantitative links between varying CAs and ecological responses, and linkages of CAs with aquatic ecosystem structure and function.

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Paudel, Asmita, Asmita Bhattarai, and Pankaj Kumar Yadav. "SOIL CONSERVATION PRACTICES IN FOREST OF NEPAL." Journal CleanWAS 5, no. 2 (July 1, 2021): 73–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.26480/jcleanwas.02.2021.73.77.

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Forests play a vital role in Nepalese rural communities, which rely on them for firewood, employment, additional meals, and good health to sustain and improve their lifestyles. It has contributed to the Nepalese farming system. Soil helps in regulating ecological processes like nutrient uptake, decomposition, and water availability in the forest. Nepal’s annual soil loss ranges from 2-105 t ha-1 with 34% water-induced erosion, 60% mass wasting (geological erosion), and 3 % by wind erosion. Forest soil requires various management and conservation practices to minimize the exploitation of forest lands. Hence, this article explains the ongoing soil conservation approaches like Afforestation, Agroforestry, and community forest management in Nepal. This article can also be the roadmap for the formulation of appropriate policies in soil conservation, and indirectly in maintaining sustainability in the ecology.

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Meena, Vijay Singh, Sunita Kumari Meena, J. K. Bisht, and A. Pattanayak. "Conservation agricultural practices in sustainable food production." Journal of Cleaner Production 137 (November 2016): 690–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.07.134.

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Daniell, William E., Susan S. Swan, Janice Camp, Martin Cohen, Mary M. McDaniel, John Stebbins, and Robert Leo. "Hearing conservation practices in eight noisy industries." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 117, no. 4 (April 2005): 2479. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4787644.

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Telles, Tiago Santos, Ana Julia Righetto, Gustavo Vaz da Costa, Bruno Volsi, and José Francirlei de Oliveira. "Conservation agriculture practices adopted in southern Brazil." International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 17, no. 5 (August 18, 2019): 338–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2019.1655863.

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Dincer, Ibrahim. "On energy conservation policies and implementation practices." International Journal of Energy Research 27, no. 7 (2003): 687–702. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/er.912.

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Williams, Deborah, and Krishna P. Paudel. "Migration, Remittance, and Adoption of Conservation Practices." Environmental Management 66, no. 6 (September 16, 2020): 1072–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-020-01362-w.

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Arabi, Mazdak, Jane R. Frankenberger, Bernie A. Engel, and Jeff G. Arnold. "Representation of agricultural conservation practices with SWAT." Hydrological Processes 22, no. 16 (July 30, 2008): 3042–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.6890.

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Peigné, Joséphine, Marion Casagrande, Vincent Payet, Christophe David, F. Xavier Sans, José M. Blanco-Moreno, Julia Cooper, et al. "How organic farmers practice conservation agriculture in Europe." Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 31, no. 1 (January 20, 2015): 72–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1742170514000477.

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AbstractThe interest of organic farmers in adopting conservation agriculture principles, including minimal soil disturbance, permanent soil cover and crop rotation has been growing since the early 2000s. However, currently there is no network for organic farmers practicing conservation agriculture, and a lack of knowledge on how organic farmers implement conservation agriculture in practice. Consequently, few technical references are available for organic farmers when they start applying conservation agriculture practices, in particular on controlling weeds without the use of herbicides. The main objectives of this study were: (1) to explore the diversity of conservation agriculture techniques (i.e., reduced tillage, no-tillage and green manures) practiced among European farmers, and (2) to identify farmers’ main strategies for implementing conservation agriculture and the agronomic and environmental factors that determine these strategies. Strategies were identified by analyzing survey results on: (1) the type and degree of use of conservation agriculture practices by farmers, and (2) the effects it produces in terms of soil disturbance and soil cover (low, medium and high). We carried out a survey of 159 European organic farmers and collected 125 data sets on management of winter-sown crops. Among the conservation agriculture practices, reduced tillage was used by 89%, no-tillage by 27% and green manure by 74% of the 159 interviewed farmers. Green manures were more frequently used in northern Europe than in the south (below 45°N). Most of the farmers used crop rotations, with a mean duration of 6 years. A wide diversity of conservation agriculture practices were used, with farmers rarely using all three techniques (no-till, reduced till and green manures) within one system. The range of practices was grouped into five strategies ranging from intensive non-inversion tillage without soil cover to very innovative techniques with no-tillage and intercrops. The five strategies for conservation agriculture could be grouped into two larger categories based on weed control approach: (1) intensification of the mechanical work without soil inversion or (2) biological regulation of weeds with cover crops. The diversity of strategies identified in this study shows that organic farmers use innovative approaches to implement conservation agriculture without herbicides. This study's findings will help organic farmers to experiment with innovative practices based on conservation agriculture principles and also benefit conventional farmers who use conservation agriculture practices and would like to reduce or eliminate the use of herbicides.

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Lafond, G. P., S. M. Boyetchko, S. A. Brandt, G. W. Clayton, and M. H. Entz. "Influence of changing tillage practices on crop production." Canadian Journal of Plant Science 76, no. 4 (October 1, 1996): 641–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/cjps96-114.

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The most efficient and practical way of protecting the soil against wind and water erosion is with surface and anchored crop residues. The rate and extent of crop establishment is not adversely affected by conservation tillage provided shallow seeding is used and adequate seed-to-soil contact is achieved. Soil water conservation can be enhanced with conservation tillage systems and the amount conserved is directly influenced by the type and amount of crop residues present and the agro-ecological zone. Crop residue decomposition is 1.5× slower on the surface than when buried and the rate of decomposition can be explained almost entirely by the location and nitrogen content of the residues and growing degree days. Grain yield can be improved with conservation tillage and is directly related to the amount of extra water conserved, regardless of the crop. Crop establishment, which is critical in forage production, can be improved with conservation tillage. Removing forage stands with herbicides as opposed to tillage favoured subsequent crops. Further research is required on the manipulation of stubble height and row spacing to enhance water conservation and to determine the impact of such changes on crop growth and development, weeds and plant diseases. There is need to develop crop-specific conservation production practices for each agro-ecological zone. Key words: Residue decomposition, grain yield, water conservation, forage production, conservation tillage

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Knight, S. S., M. A. Locke, and S. Smith. "Effects of agricultural conservation practices on oxbow lake watersheds in the Mississippi River alluvial plain." Soil and Water Research 8, No. 3 (July 22, 2013): 113–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/45/2012-swr.

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Agricultural lands are considered to be a major source of nonpoint source pollutants such as sediment, pesticides and nutrients in the United States. Conservation practices have been tested for their effectiveness in reducing agricultural related pollutants on smaller scales, but farm watershed scale assessments of these practices are limited and few of these have evaluated the impacts on downstream ecology. Several projects focused on oxbow lake watersheds in the Mississippi River alluvial plain were designed to utilize working farms to evaluate primary pollutants in water resources and to identify conservation practices that are most effective in reducing the transport of those pollutants in surface and ground water on a watershed scale. Major findings of these studies include: (1) conservation practices reduced sediment in oxbow lakes, resulting in improved water clarity, plankton growth, and fish stocks; (2) total phosphorus in lakes decreased between 39–50% following application of conservation practices; (3) conservation tillage and cover crops reduced NO<sub>3</sub>-N losses by 73%, sediment losses by 70; and (4) riparian areas mitigated the transport of sediment in runoff and enhanced the degradation of pesticides.

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Yifru, Gizachew Shewaye, and Birhan Asmame Miheretu. "Farmers’ adoption of soil and water conservation practices: The case of Lege-Lafto Watershed, Dessie Zuria District, South Wollo, Ethiopia." PLOS ONE 17, no. 4 (April 11, 2022): e0265071. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265071.

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In Ethiopia, soil degradation is one of the major causes of low and declining agricultural productivity. As a result of this challenge, the country has been battling to adopt conservation practices. The main objective of this study was to assess farmers’ adoption decisions of soil and water conservation (SWC) practices. For the survey, 304 farmers were selected from farming communities in Lege-Lafto Watershed, South Wollo,Ethiopia. Information were gathered using a household survey, and through focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and field observation. A binary logistic regression model and descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that about 64% of the farmers adopted soil and water conservation practices in the study area. The findings depicted that soil bund, stone bund, stone-faced soil bund, loose stone and brush-wood check dams, hillside terrace, and bund stabilized with vegetation are practiced in the watershed. The analysis result revealed adoption of soil and water conservation practices is significantly and positively influenced by the perception of farmers on erosion problems and SWC practices, family labour, educational level, and membership in local institutions. However, distance from residence to the nearest market and farmland, off-farm activities, and the ratio of cultivable land to family size influenced the adoption of SWC practices negatively. Therefore, improving farmers’ educational status, and strengthening local institutions are vital for sustainable land management practices in the country.

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Singh, Chandra, and Sutanu Bondya. "Biodiversity conservation through integration of traditional ethnic practices of Santhal tribe in Jharkhand, India." Indian Journal of Forestry 44, no. 1 (March 1, 2021): 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2021-f23nzu.

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The ethnobiological studies of Santhal tribe in Jharkhand reveal that certain aspects of their ethnic knowledge need to be integrated in biodiversity conservation. The religious tenets of this tribe have great potential to help in conservation of some economically useful plants such as Areca catechu (Supari), Ficus religiosa (Pipal), Madhuca longifolia (Mahua), Ocimum sanctum (Tulsi), Semecarpus anacardium (Bhelwa), Shorea robusta (Sal) and Terminalia alata (Asan) in the entire region. The conservational insight of Santhals mirrors in their livestock composition indicating the domestication of fewer goat-sheep and more swine for meat protein aiming solely to avoid hunting of wild animals.

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Fredregill, Amy. "Agriculture at a Crossroads: Ensuring Conservation and Income Support in the Farm Bill." Policy Perspectives 9, no. 1 (May 1, 2002): 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.4079/pp.v9i1.4228.

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While most farmers take steps to enhance natural resources, times of low prices and high costs may create difficulties for farmers who wish to spend resources on agriculture conservation. Consequently, farming can have a harmful effect on natural resources. Because many farmers rely on income support payments, and most income programs do not require farmers to utilize environmental conservation practices, environmental degradation continues. To ensure adequate protection of water quality, soil quality and wildlife habitat, and to provide income support for farms of all sizes, politically feasible legislation is needed to link income payments with conservation practices. This article follows the outline of atraditional policy analysis to examine four policy options for the farm bill the Conservation Security Program (CSP), Flex Fallow, the Conservation Reserve Program, and conservation easements. The options range from conservative to liberal, with differing environmental and income impacts. Policy options for achieving these goals were judged using the following criteria: effectiveness in achieving conservation goals,' effectiveness in supporting farmer income,' political feasibility,' and strength of the linkage between conservation practices and income payments. Based on this analysis, CSP is the best option for the farm bill, because it is a compromise approach to achieving the goals of this analysis. This evaluation is presented as a policy analysis in order to provide a systematic technique for identifying solutions to current farm policy problems. The elements of a policy analysis traditionally include formulating a problem, identifying policy alternatives, forecasting the future, modeling the impacts of alternatives, and comparing and ranking the policy alternatives.

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B. Cuevas, Jayzzel Cate, Ma Joan M. Indicio, Mary Jade S. Reyeg, and Ernesto C. Mandigma Jr. "Green Practices of Selected Restaurants in Solenad, Nuvali in Sta. Rosa Laguna, Philippines." International Multidisciplinary Research Journal 2, no. 3 (September 16, 2020): 89–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.54476/iimrj339.

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There has been a trend in applying green practices in restaurants. In lieu of this, Solenad, Nuvali as a famous mall in Sta. Rosa City, Laguna houses different potential restaurants. The researchers aimed to determine and analyse the gathered data concerning the significant difference on the assessment of green practices among selected restaurants in Laguna, grouped according to their profile. The study’s main concept is green practices. This concept has four aspects, examined by the researchers, including Energy Conservation, Water Conservation, Proper Waste Disposal, and Food Packaging. Descriptive method and survey questionnaires were used to collect data and information. The respondents were comprised of the selected restaurants’ employees. The survey questionnaires were distributed consisting questions related with the research topic. The statistical methods used in the study were Frequency, Percentage, Weighted Mean, and ANOVA (Analysis of Variance). The results show that the respondents recognized energy conservation as one of the green practices often applied by restaurants with the exemption of “the restaurant turns off the steam supply in steam cooking vessels when not in use”, which ranked lowest. In terms of water conservation, the respondents assessed that regular inspection for leaks and repair was practiced often by restaurants. The respondents believed that the restaurants often used small portions of food supplies to lessen food waste. However, the respondents evaluated segregation of waste products as the least observed practice by the restaurants. The result also shows that there was no significant relationship between the profile of the respondents such as age, gender, educational attainment and the green practices namely energy conservation, water conservation, proper waste management, and food packaging and furniture.

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Farmer, James R., Zhao Ma, Michael Drescher, Eric G. Knackmuhs, and Stephanie L. Dickinson. "Private Landowners, Voluntary Conservation Programs, and Implementation of Conservation Friendly Land Management Practices." Conservation Letters 10, no. 1 (March 29, 2016): 58–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12241.

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Mascia, Michael B., and Morena Mills. "When conservation goes viral: The diffusion of innovative biodiversity conservation policies and practices." Conservation Letters 11, no. 3 (February 28, 2018): e12442. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12442.

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Adusumilli, Naveen, Rowell Dikitanan, and Hua Wang. "Effect of Cost-Sharing Federal Programs on Adoption of Water Conservation Practices: Results from Propensity Score Matching Approach." Water Economics and Policy 06, no. 01 (July 25, 2019): 1950004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s2382624x19500048.

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The extent of recommended conservation practices is crucial for addressing natural resource concerns on the farms. The practices implementation is supported by working lands conservation programs, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program and the Conservation Stewardship Program. The paper applies a propensity score matching approach to evaluate the effects of enrollment in the two federal conservation programs on irrigation water conservation practices adoption in Louisiana row crop agriculture. The analysis reveals that enrollment in the programs leads to statistically significant greater adoption of water management practices. The analysis provides correction for selection bias in adoption that can result from not accounting for the differences between program participants and non-participants. The analysis enables to provide a stronger and relatively accurate argument about the impact of conservation support programs on the adoption of conservation on the ground.

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Beeson, Peter C., Craig S. T. Daughtry, and Steven A. Wallander. "Estimates of Conservation Tillage Practices Using Landsat Archive." Remote Sensing 12, no. 16 (August 18, 2020): 2665. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs12162665.

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The USDA Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) provides financial assistance to encourage producers to adopt conservation practices. Historically, one of the most common practices is conservation tillage, primarily the use of no-till planting. The objectives of this research were to determine crop residue using remote sensing, an indicator of tillage intensity, without using training data and examine its performance at the field level. The Landsat Thematic Mapper Series platforms can provide global temporal and spatial coverage beginning in the mid-1980s. In this study, we used the Normalized Difference Tillage Index (NDTI), which has proved to be robust and accurate in studies built upon training datasets. We completed 10 years of residue maps for the 150,000 km2 study area in South Dakota, North Dakota, and Minnesota and validated the results against field-level survey data. The overall accuracy was between 64% and 78% with additional improvement when survey points with suspect geolocation and satellite tillage estimates with fewer than four dates of Landsat images were excluded. This study demonstrates that, with Landsat Archive available at no cost, researchers can implement retrospective, untrained estimates of conservation tillage with sufficient accuracy for some applications.

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Petrzelka, Peggy, Matthew J. Barnett, Gabrielle Roesch-McNally, and Jennifer Filipiak. "Advancing understanding of conservation practices on rented land." Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 76, no. 2 (2021): 35A—40A. http://dx.doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2021.0209a.

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Abd El-Mosen Shaipon, Sonia Mohamed, and Naglaa Abd El-Salam Mahmoud Desoky. "Factores Releated with Practices of Clothing Consumption Conservation." Alexandria Science Exchange Journal 35, no. 3 (September 1, 2014): 260–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2014.155595.

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Bostian, Moriah B., Bradley L. Barnhart, Lyubov A. Kurkalova, Manoj K. Jha, and Gerald W. Whittaker. "Bilevel optimization of conservation practices for agricultural production." Journal of Cleaner Production 300 (June 2021): 126874. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126874.

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Baker, Whitney, and Liz Dube. "Identifying Standard Practices in Research Library Book Conservation." Library Resources & Technical Services 54, no. 1 (January 1, 2010): 21–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/lrts.54n1.21.

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Mezzatesta, M., D. A. Newburn, and R. T. Woodward. "Additionality and the Adoption of Farm Conservation Practices." Land Economics 89, no. 4 (October 1, 2013): 722–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.3368/le.89.4.722.

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Weltz, M. A., L. Jolley, M. Nearing, J. Stone, D. Goodrich, K. Spaeth, J. Kiniry, et al. "Assessing the benefits of grazing land conservation practices." Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 63, no. 6 (November 1, 2008): 214A—217A. http://dx.doi.org/10.2489/jswc.63.6.214a.

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Saleh, A., O. Gallego, and E. Osei. "Evaluating Nutrient Tracking Tool and simulated conservation practices." Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 70, no. 5 (September 1, 2015): 115A—120A. http://dx.doi.org/10.2489/jswc.70.5.115a.

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Munro, J. W. "Ecological Restoration and Other Conservation Practices: The Difference." Ecological Restoration 24, no. 3 (September 1, 2006): 182–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.3368/er.24.3.182.

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Rijal, Swodesh. "A REVIEW ON SOIL CONSERVATION PRACTICES IN NEPAL." Environmental Contaminants Reviews 3, no. 1 (January 17, 2020): 21–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.26480/ecr.01.2020.21.23.

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Land degradation and soil erosion are the major problem in the world. The world loses 24 billion tons of fertile land and dry land degradation reduces National domestic product in developing countries by up to eight percent per year which indicates the vulnerable threat to millions of people in the world. About 87 tonnes of topsoil per hectare per year eroded in Nepal. The fragile geology, farming practices, increasing population etc are the reason which exceeding erosion in Nepal. Soil conservation practices include erosion control and fertility maintenance as well. Agro-forestry system using Pectona grandis, Acacia nilotica, Dalbergia sissoo etc play an important role in soil conservation. Cowpea, Velvet bean, sesbania, blackgram etc as a cover crop intercept the splash effect of raindrops, improve infiltration of soil and also to reduce deleterious effects of global warming. Conservation tillage was found effective against both soil and wind erosion. Mulching, contour farming and terracing are also found effective in the hilly mountaineous region. It was also found effective in Nepalese condition as well. In this paper bird’s eye view on soil erosion issue, reason and major conservation practices in Nepal and world as well.

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Bergstrom, D. W., C. M. Monreal, and D. J. King. "Sensitivity of Soil Enzyme Activities to Conservation Practices." Soil Science Society of America Journal 62, no. 5 (September 1998): 1286–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaj1998.03615995006200050020x.

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Tee, FC, FS Agbidye, and JA Ogwuche. "Indigenous forest conservation practices in Benue state, Nigeria." Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and the Social Sciences 12, no. 1 (August 12, 2015): 182. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/joafss.v12i1.20.

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P. Tuppad, C. Santhi, X. Wang, J. R. Williams, R. Srinivasan, and P. H. Gowda. "Simulation of Conservation Practices Using the APEX Model." Applied Engineering in Agriculture 26, no. 5 (2010): 779–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/2013.34947.

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Gorham, Eric. "The ambiguous practices of the Civilian Conservation Corps." Social History 17, no. 2 (May 1992): 229–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03071029208567836.

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