cooperative conservation
n.— «Critics, however, aren’t so enthusiastic about the program derived through a “cooperative conservation” strategy endorsed by the Bush administration. “It is ‘cooperation’ between the water users, power producers and federal government to provide legal and political protection from litigation,” claimed Michael Cohen of The Pacific Institute.» —“Water Wars” in Hoover Dam, Nev. ESPN Aug., 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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