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- noun Plural form of
conservancy .
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Examples
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Other forms of protection, such as conservancies, contribute to the conservation of the ecoregion.
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Other forms of protection, such as conservancies, private nature reserves and game farms add largely to the current protection of the area.
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Other forms of protection, such as conservancies, private nature reserves and game farms do, however, promote conservation of the area.
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A small amount of the copious supplies of surface water which run off is trapped by a long low earth embankment to form large shallow dams locally known as "conservancies".
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"conservancies" banning industrial logging, mining and all but local hydroelectric projects.
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Typically opportunities exist in private conservancies surrounding the big parks, where the risk from dangerous animals can be managed with minimum impact.
Ben Colclough: Choosing a Safari: Splurge or Save on the Savannah Ben Colclough 2011
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Rhinos have been moved to areas in southern Zimbabwe where cattle ranches have been converted into wildlife conservancies that protect and breed animals.
Zimbabwean Conservationist Seeks to Protect Black Rhinos 2011
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As Mr. Moore puts it, conservancies and the city provide the infrastructure, but the City Parks Foundation is like the software for the parks.
Branching Out With City Park Programming Melanie Grayce West 2011
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Second, some of the actions of land conservancies have been very damaging – using allies in government to force people to sell to them at a huge discount, and forcing others to sell by grabbing all the land around them and screwing things up.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Wherein I Actually Agree with Dianne Feinstein 2009
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I agree with you in principle about land conservancies, but have reservations about the practice.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Wherein I Actually Agree with Dianne Feinstein 2009
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