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conservancy

UK[kənˈsɜːvənsɪ]US[kənˈsɝvənsɪ]

noun

What it means

  1. countableuncountableThe conservation of a resource.
  2. countableuncountableAn organization dedicated to the conservation of natural resources.

    Niassa – a troubled corner of Africa, where conservancies financed by hunters might the best-resourced operations around – this was where you came for pure experience. The old-style, Hemingway safari.

    2026 April 21, Cal Flyn, “On the trail with the hunters who believe shooting big game can save Africa’s wildlife”, in The Guardian
  3. UKcountableuncountableA commission that deals with fishery and navigation.

In a sentence

Niassa – a troubled corner of Africa, where conservancies financed by hunters might the best-resourced operations around – this was where you came for pure experience. The old-style, Hemingway safari.

2026 April 21, Cal Flyn, “On the trail with the hunters who believe shooting big game can save Africa’s wildlife”, in The Guardian

Where it comes from

From conservant + -cy or conserve + -ancy.

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