conservancy

[ kuh n-sur-vuh n-see ]

/ kənˈsɜr vən si /

conservation of natural resources.

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

British. a commission regulating navigation, fisheries, etc.

Origin of conservancy

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

con·serv·ant, adjective

Moneys paid to the Conservators to be carried to the Conservancy Fund.

Boating |W. B. Woodgate
The Conservancy dredged the bed of the river, and also filled up a bight on the Surrey shore.

Boating |W. B. Woodgate
The Senator, however, was against it on conservancy grounds, and asked us what we thought of the population of Pisa.

A Voyage of Consolation |Sara Jeannette Duncan
And in 1868 the river Lea, another of the water suppliers, was placed under a Conservancy Board.

The Sanitary Evolution of London |Henry Lorenzo Jephson

There had been an agitation throughout the whole of the Conservancy district.

The Confessions of a Poacher |Anonymous

conservancy

/ (kənˈsɜːvənsɪ) /

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

another word for conservation (def. 2)