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conservancy

 noun
     
Related topics: Environment and waste
con‧ser‧van‧cy formal
1SGE [singular] a group of officials who control and protect an area of land, a river etc:
the Thames Conservancy
2SGE [uncountable] the protection of natural things such as animals, plants, forests etc [= conservation]
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