- 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
- [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
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’.