Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun conservancy

2 senses of conservancy

Sense 1
conservancy -- (a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river)
       => committee, commission -- (a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle)

Sense 2
conservancy -- (the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc.)
       => conservation -- (the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources)