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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

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noun

  1. (in Britain) a court or commission with jurisdiction over a river, port, area of countryside, etc
  2. another word for conservation
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of conservancy1

1550–60; < Medieval Latin conservantia ( conserve, -ancy ); replacing conservacy < Medieval Latin ³¦´Ç²Ô²õ±ð°ù±¹Äå³Ù¾±²¹; -acy
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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.

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

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Myers came up with the conservancy’s motto, “Behold the Beauty,†which Haney said captured the spirit of his longtime friend and mentor.

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The conservancy expressed some interest it in, but he hasn’t heard anything in a while.

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Wallace Cleaves, president of the conservancy’s board, credits traditional stewardship practices — including the removal of 97 fire-prone eucalyptus trees — with reducing the wildfire’s impact.

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