This chapter constitutes the analytical core of the book. At first different ways by which one may distinguish (and classify) conservation concepts are introduced, e.g. via their target objects and the values embraced. As a tool to integrate different criteria, the chapter then focuses on a narrative analysis of human–nature relationships as implicit in conservation concepts, using methods from literary studies, history, and other fields within the humanities. To reconstruct such implicit narratives, a general structure of human–nature relationships in a conservation context is developed. Building on this scheme, seven major narratives are described that can be found in conservation concepts. Following this, a larger number of related conservation concepts are arranged into conceptual clusters (e.g. biodiversity, ecosystem services, cultural landscapes), at first sight partly linked to the narratives described before. For each of these clusters there is a brief discussion of its history, the commonalities as well as what distinguishes the concepts within a cluster, in terms of the objects, values, and narratives they refer to. At the end of the chapter, a comparison between the concepts is presented, inter alia with a set of tables.