'preserving resources' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to any strategies, actions, or processes of protecting natural resources from destruction or depletion. For example, "The company has adopted sustainable measures such as preserving resources and decreasing energy consumption."
In broad terms, sustainability means meeting the needs of today while preserving resources for tomorrow.
As a Pentagon report of 2003 put it, "Nations with the resources to do so may build virtual fortresses around their countries, preserving resources for themselves".
We have not yet managed to adopt a circular model of production capable of preserving resources for present and future generations, while limiting as much as possible the use of non-renewable resources, moderating their consumption, maximizing their efficient use, reusing and recycling them.
"A cucumber wrapped in plastic needs only about 1.5 grams of plastic in its wrapper, but that extends the life of the product from about three days to at least 15 days, and when you look at the effort and environmental impact of growing a cucumber, the water and the fertiliser and all the rest, you can see we are preserving resources".
This application is able to throttle its sending rate to match the unpredictable Internet bandwidth while preserving resources [2].
We know that all of this recycling and reusing is good for preserving resources, but how does it benefit you as a smartphone user?
Mitigation of these risks through appropriate selection and design of constituent systems is important to ensure resilience of SoS architectures to operational disruptions, whilst preserving resource and cost constraints.
For the !Kung, infanticide has been permitted in order to preserve resources in lean times.
BCI is striving to create healthier communities, improved working conditions, preserved resources and improved the quality of cotton.
"Equally important, this settlement approach preserves resources that we can use to stop other frauds and protect other victims".
In 2005, it began restricting exports to preserve resources and protect the environment, causing prices to soar.
