The word conservation derives from the Latin " conservatĭo, -ōnis " which means " action and effect of conserving ", conservation is a system that is used as a natural resource either in the field of nature, food, biology and medicine.. In the part of the feeding it can be said that there are two types that is the preservative and preservative; the preservative is the one that is responsible for the development of the execution of food where its deterioration can be avoided or stopped either due to the loss of quality, edibility or nutritional values. This can be achieved by avoiding the increase of natural grass, yeasts, fungi, among others..
The preservative is used as a food additive, because when it is incorporated into foods and beverages in minimal quantities with the aim of modifying their organoleptic nature, in order to improve the development of manufacture or conservation and thus be able to stop and avoid the deterioration that can be presented by the various types of microorganisms, whether by bacteria, yeasts, and molds.
The conservation area of medicine is based on maintaining its pharmacological activity perfectly, but always taking care that are not visible to the reach of small, preventing not intoxicate, drugs must go very places humid, warm or outdoors, in order to prevent the degradation of the active ingredient.
In the part of biology and natural sciences is conservation biology, soil conservation, environmental conservation.
The conservation biology is a discipline that is responsible for studying the reasons for the loss of biological variety at all levels.
Soil conservation includes agriculture, livestock and forestry that are applied to protect the reasonable use of the soil that is the surface part of the earth's crust.
The environmental conservation, is the care, protects and preserves the future nature either, the flora and fauna, different species and their diverse ecosystems, among others.
The conservation status, this is responsible for the probabilities that a species continues to exist in the present or in the future.