nature reserves

The Madrid Protocol provides for comprehensive protection of the Antarctic environment and dependent and associated ecosystems.

Under Tsar Nicholas II, Barguzinsky Zapovednik becomes Russia’s first nature reserve.

The New Forest is declared a royal forest under King William I of England.

The first international conference on global biosphere protection by UNESCO takes place in Paris in 1968.

The Antarctic Treaty is the first international conservation treaty after the end of the Second World War.

The Jenolan Caves in the Blue Mountains become Australia’s first landscape reservation.

The first nature reserve in Java, Indonesia, is established on the Krakatau volcanic island.