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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > natural resource management > natural resources conservation > conservation areas > conservation banks
Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > natural resources > conservation areas > conservation banks
Preferred Term:

conservation banks

Definition:
Conservation banks are permanently protected lands that contain natural resource values. These lands are conserved and permanently managed for species that are endangered, threatened, candidates for listing as endangered or threatened, or are otherwise species-at-risk. Conservation banks function to offset adverse impacts to these species that occurred elsewhere, sometimes referred to as off-site mitigation.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
conservation areas
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • habitat bank
  • biodiversity bank
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/286462
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RDF/XMLCreated 2016-08-29, last modified 2017-03-10