conservation

The Society for the Preservation of Nature in Israel is founded in 1953; today it is the largest conservation organization in Israel.

The international, nonprofit organization works to protect ecologically important habitats.

Foundation of Pro Natura, the first national preservationist association in post-World War II Italy.

The society is concerned with the conservation of American wilderness areas.

The German state regulates conservation for the first time 1935.

Abruzzo National Park opened as Italy’s second national park.

This arboretum is founded by Mexican environmentalist Miguel Angel de Quevedo.

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

This book is the first to identify the population of each known species in the United States.

A first attempt at including natural assets into Italian art preservation legislation.