- present participle of conserve.
conserving
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While the state is on track to meet its goal of conserving 30% of its land by 2030, it’s lagging in its efforts to conserve 30% of its coastal waters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Most of the global targets they set four years ago -- from tackling invasive species to conserving 30 percent of land and oceans, slashing pollution and protecting threatened species -- are off-track.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Neither study questions the value of protected areas for conserving biodiversity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Natural sound, Bacquelé added, is an an important part of our own connection to nature and is worth conserving.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Both winners seemed to ease up at the end, conserving energy and turning in relatively slow times, doing just enough to qualify.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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