conservationist
noun
con·ser·va·tion·ist
ˌkän(t)-sər-ˈvā-sh(ə-)nist 
: a person who advocates conservation especially of natural resources
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Wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin ultimately nabbed the Mirrorball trophy.
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025
Kartik Shanker, a leading Indian sea turtle expert and author of From Soup to Superstar, says around 20 years ago, conservationists counted no more than 100,000 turtle nests across the country.
—Diaa Hadid, NPR, 28 Nov. 2025
The Australian environmental conservationist and son of the late Steve Irwin makes a cameo voicing a koala named Robert Furwin.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
Border wall construction in Arizona and New Mexico could also impede their movement and limit gene flow, as conservationists have been warning, for all kinds of wildlife.
—Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 28 Nov. 2025
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025
Kartik Shanker, a leading Indian sea turtle expert and author of From Soup to Superstar, says around 20 years ago, conservationists counted no more than 100,000 turtle nests across the country.
—Diaa Hadid, NPR, 28 Nov. 2025
The Australian environmental conservationist and son of the late Steve Irwin makes a cameo voicing a koala named Robert Furwin.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
Border wall construction in Arizona and New Mexico could also impede their movement and limit gene flow, as conservationists have been warning, for all kinds of wildlife.
—Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 28 Nov. 2025
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conservationist
noun
con·ser·va·tion·ist
ˌkän(t)-sər-ˈvā-sh(ə-)nəst
: a person who is in favor of conservation especially of natural resources (as forests)
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