Pope John Paul II and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople call for a “conservation of Creation.”
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The act is an important and controversial parliamentary decision regulating access to New Zealand’s natural resources.
US President Bill Clinton announces the “Greening of the White House” to begin on Earth Day 1993.
An act nationalizing private forests in order to protect them ended up backfiring.
The ascent of the highest mountain in Western Europe is regarded as the foundation of modern Alpinism.
Wilhelm Gottfried Moser formulates the basic principle of “sustainable forest management.”
European settlers introduce European species of flora and fauna into Australia and New Zealand.
Scientists Mario Molina and F. Sherwood Rowland argue that CFCs could damage the ozone layer.
Paul and Anne Ehrlich’s book The Population Bomb raises public awareness about overpopulation.
Originally formed to advocate against dam construction, the organization, which later became the Australian Wilderness Society, now supports various environmental protection and education projects.