conservancy (redirected from conservancies)

con·ser·van·cy  (kn-sûrvn-s)

n. pl. con·ser·van·cies

1. Conservation, especially of natural resources.

2.

a. An organization dedicated to the conservation of wildlife and wildlife habitats in the United States.

b. Chiefly British A commission supervising fisheries and navigation.

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conservancy [kənˈsɜːvənsɪ]

n pl -cies

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

2. another word for conservation [2]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	conservancy - a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
	2.	conservancy - the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc. conservation - the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources

Translations

conservancy [kənˈsɜːvənsɪ] N → conservación f

conservancy

n

(Brit: = board) → Schutzbehörde f; (for ports, rivers etc) → Wasserschutzamt nt; (for forests) → Forstamt nt

(= official conservation) → Erhaltung f, → Schutz m