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

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

From BBC

But friends and colleagues said Kawahara was a passionate advocate for fish and conservancy, fighting to maintain safe and healthy habitats for fish.

From Los Angeles Times

The out-of-court settlement follows a lengthy legal battle in which 7,723 claimants said they had lost property and suffered health complications because of the 2021 fire in the Lolldaiga conservancy in Kenya's Rift Valley.

From BBC

In 2011 the communities worked with the Kenya Wildlife Service and others to move eight Baringo giraffes — two males and six females — to the conservancy.

From Salon

Tickets will not be sold at the cave, the conservancy said.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• preservation 
• protection