As a mentee in the Mentorship Program of World Commission on Protected Areas in Europe region, I had the opportunity to take part in the Regional Conservation Forum in Bruges, Belgium from September 30th till October 3rd, which was organized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. I am grateful for the chance to have participated in a congress that brought together conservationists, environmentalists, politicians, and protected area managers.However, there were very few (or no) economists, sociologists, philosophers, entrepreneurs, and nature-oriented landowners, as if conservation is not linked to economics, human action, individual human values, and local diversity. Scarcity of these individuals is one of the reasons I am afraid that we are

Without human intervention, there would be no nature conservation, only the natural struggle for species survival through evolution and adaptation. Humans actively protect and shape their surroundings, making nature conservation a practically anthropocentric concept.The conservation of natural elements involves counteracting undesirable changes to those elements and their conditioning environment. Broadly, nature protection includes activities aimed at restoring desired natural conditions or species and eliminating unnecessary, dangerous or nonnative elements, such as invasive plants. Active protective measures differ from passive ones by requiring the active use of finite resources and tools. It is important to note that many reasons behind specific active