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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 con·ser·van·cy /kənˈsɝvən(t)si/
 保存,保護,管理

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Con·serv·an·cy n. Conservation, as from injury, defilement, or irregular use.
    [An act was] passed in 1866, for vesting in the Conservators of the River Thames the conservancy of the Thames and Isis.   --Mozley & W.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 conservancy
      n 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.