Winged Scourge
An animated Disney film featuring the Seven Dwarves, showing various methods of combating the transmission of malaria by Anopheles mosquitoes.
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From Royal Hunting Reserve to National Park: How the Gran Paradiso Became a Sanctuary for the Ibex
Mount Olympus National Park
Greece’s first national park, at Mount Olympus, the country’s highest mountain, is declared in 1938.
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Siberian Lake Baikal named World Heritage Site
UNESCO recognizes the area’s exceptionally diverse flora and fauna and its value to scientific research.
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“Red List” of threatened species
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) publishes its “Red List” of endangered animal and plant species.
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Construction of the Kainji Dam and Lake
This dam project alters the Niger delta’s previously dynamic and self-regulating ecosystem.
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Xapuri Rural Workers' Union
Following the establishment of the Xapuri Rural Workers’ Union, Brazilian activist Chico Mendes becomes a symbol for peaceful resistance to social injustice and environmental destruction.
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Establishment of Abruzzo National Park
Abruzzo National Park opened as Italy’s second national park.
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Hornaday’s Our Vanishing Wildlife
This book is the first to identify the population of each known species in the United States.
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