... landscape, water, soils and other natural resources by the management of land, research and investigation, and publicity, coordination of efforts, cooperation with other interested parties and ... organization for the conservation, research, and restoration of the environment, which remains its official name in the United States and Canada. It is the, world's largest independent conservation ... the conservation of three biomes that contain most of the world's biodiversity: forests, freshwater ecosystems, oceans, and coasts. Among other issues, it is also concerned with endangered...