Conservation of resources means avoiding their wasteful use. Does this definition cover all aspects of conservation? Explain.

• Conservation of resources involves protecting valuable resources like water, minerals, fossil fuels, wildlife, trees, etc.
• Resource conservation also includes using resources carefully and avoiding wastage.
• Resources should be used in optimization.
• Also, we should give enough time to resources to regenerate.
• However, non-renewable resources like fossil fuels take millions of years to form, and hence if we do not conserve them, these will soon be depleted.

Hence, the definition ‘conservation of resources means avoiding their wasteful use’, does not cover all aspects.

The aspects left out are:

• Protecting the resources.
• Giving them time to regenerate.

Examples of resource conservation: avoiding wastage of water at homes, turning off car engines while stuck in traffic, switching off fans and lights when not in use, etc.