1 (Conservancy) [sing.+sing./pl.v.] a group of officials who control the use of a port, a river, an area of land, etc:
the Thames Conservancy * Texas Nature Conservancy
2 [U] (formal) the protection of the natural environment
SYNCONSERVATION:
nature conservancy
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