con·serv·an·cy
noun/kənˈsɜːvənsi/
/kənˈsɜːrvənsi/
- Conservancy[singular + singular or plural verb] a group of officials who control the use of a port, a river, an area of land, etc.
（港口、河流、地区等的）管理机构 - the Thames Conservancy
泰晤士河管理委员会 - Texas Nature Conservancy
得克萨斯州自然资源管理委员会
- the Thames Conservancy
- [uncountable] (formal) the protection of the natural environment
（对自然环境的）保护 - nature conservancy
自然环境的保护
- nature conservancy
Word Originmid 18th cent.: alteration of obsolete conservacy, from Anglo-Norman French conservacie, via Anglo-Latin from Latin conservatio, from the verb conservare ‘to preserve’, from con- ‘together’ + servare ‘to keep’.