conservancy

noun

con·​ser·​van·​cy kən-ˈsər-vən(t)-sē 

plural conservancies

1

British : a board regulating fisheries and navigation in a river or port

2

a

: conservation

b

: an organization or area designated to conserve and protect natural resources

Synonyms of conservancy

• preservation
• conservation

Examples of conservancy in a Sentence

The land was recently donated to a local conservancy.

raising money for the conservancy of natural resources

Recent Examples on the Web

When the news broke in newspapers in Zimbabwe that the government was planning to cull 600 elephants, Krog made contact with the conservancy. —Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 26 Apr. 2026

At Miantonomi Park, Joe Verstandig, the conservancy's living collections manager, led the group into the forest. —ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026

Working with the city of San Diego and the San Diego Fire-Rescue Foundation, the conservancy received a bid for $9,500 to replace one shutter and one door or $17,594 for all the shutters and all the doors. —Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026

The conservancy has been managing Camp Pollock since 2013, Rodrigues said. —Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle English conservancie "act of conserving or keeping safe," borrowed from Medieval Latin conservantia "conservation, office of a conservator," noun derivative of Latin conservant-, conservans, present participle of conservāre "to save or keep from danger, preserve, keep unchanged" — more at conserve entry 1

First Known Use

1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for conservancy

• fervency