Maintaining Biodiversity

Conservation is the practice of carefully managing the environment and natural resources to increase the chances of survival of an organism.There are two main categories of conservation:  - in situ conservation within the natural habitat  - ex situ conservation outside the natural habitatScientists are conserving a number of species in order to prevent their extinction and maintain genetic diversity.Species are classified according to their abundance in the wild as:  - vulnerable, likely to become endangered in the near future.  - endangered, likely to become extinct in the near future  - extinct in the wild, surviving only in captivity  - extinct, no individuals of the species left anywhere in the world