Restoration or preservation Currently, two important tools available to conserva

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Restoration or preservation

Currently, two important tools available to conservation scientists are ecological preservation and ecological restoration. In an ecological preservation project, a particular ecosystem is protected from land-use changes and other human-induced processes that might destroy or degrade habitat for its resident organisms. In an ecological restoration project, scientists work to repair human-caused damage to ecosystems and to the biodiversity contained within them. Read the following descriptions of conservation efforts in two different regions. Indicate whether the primary goal in each location is ecological preservation or ecological restoration. Fermilab is a high-energy physics research facility in Batavia, Illinois. Its large particle-accelerator ring encloses 314 ha (776 acres) of degraded land that, before the accelerator's construction, had been used for the production of soybeans and corn. Since 1975, 184 ha (455 acres) of this land has been seeded with plant species characteristic of the tall-grass prairie community that once covered most of Illinois. Here, the main conservation effort is ecological The Marianas Trench Marine National Monument protects 246,623 km2 (95,222 sq mi) of ocean, and it includes earth's deepest canyon and the unique fish species that the canyon supports. Fishing, mining, and all oil exploration are prohibited within the monument area. Here, the main conservation effort is ecological

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In the first case its ecological restoration ,because the area is once covered with tall grass prairie community and seeds are sown in order to restore them back . So thre main goal here is ecological restoration

In the second case its ecological preservation because there was no activities(man involved ) and govt is preventing from doing any activities there in order to preserve that site of trench .So the main objective is ecological presrvation here

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