conservancy

[kuhn-sur-vuhn-see]

noun

plural

conservancies 

1. conservation of natural resources.

2. an association dedicated to the protection of the environment and its resources.

3. British.,  a commission regulating navigation, fisheries, etc.

conservancy

/ kənˈsɜːvənsɪ /

noun

1. (in Britain) a court or commission with jurisdiction over a river, port, area of countryside, etc

2. another word for conservation

Other Word Forms

• conservant adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of conservancy¹

1550–60; < Medieval Latin conservantia ( conserve, -ancy ); replacing conservacy < Medieval Latin conservātia; -acy

Example Sentences

Libow and his property manager spend a lot of time on the grounds, looking for projects or small improvements they’re allowed to make under the conservancy.

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Veering from its long focus on preserving wildlands, the Legislature created the state’s first conservancy and a state-county joint powers authority to acquire open space in the middle of a city.

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This time around, professional contractors would shoot the island’s estimated 2,165 deer on the ground with rifles, said Pepe Barton, communications director for the conservancy.

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It’s a famous conservancy started by this kid in the ’70s — he was a teenager who was concerned about pollution, and he heard that trees and plants can help take pollution out of the air.

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Bupa was rescued from a mass elephant cull in Zimbabwe in 1989 and brought to the conservancy when he was eight years old.

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Related Words

• preservation 
• protection