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Conservancy   /kənsˈərvənsi/   Listen
Conservancy

noun
1.
A commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river.
2.
The official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc..





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"Conservancy" Quotes from Famous Books



... ways of English folk Are not for such as we; They bear the long-accustomed yoke Of staid conservancy: But all our roads are new and strange, And through our blood there runs The vagabonding love of change That drove us westward of the range And westward ...
— Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses • Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson
... Atoll: The Kingdom of Hawaii claimed the atoll in 1862, and the US included it among the Hawaiian Islands when it annexed the archipelago in 1898. The Hawaii Statehood Act of 1959 did not include Palmyra Atoll, which is now partly privately owned by the Nature Conservancy with the rest owned by the Federal government and managed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. These organizations are managing the atoll as a wildlife refuge. The lagoons and surrounding waters within the ...
— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States


Words linked to "Conservancy" :   United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, U.K., commission, committee, Great Britain, Britain, UK, conservation


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