conservation

Wangari Maathai, an environmentalist from Kenya, becomes the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Three global environmental organizations outline principles for conservation and sustainable development.

The first “Earth Day” is celebrated in the US in 1970; by 1990 it is observed worldwide.

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 American forestry scientist and wildlife researcher Aldo Leopold publishes his book A Sand County Almanac.

In light of the dramatic decline in whale populations, whaling nations found the International Whaling Commission (IWC).

The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is founded. Today, it is considered the world’s largest conservation organization.

Paul Sarasin delivers his address “Über die Aufgaben des Weltnaturschutzes” (On Tasks of the World Nature Protection Movement).

Dedicated under US President Ulysses S. Grant, Yellowstone becomes not just the world’s first national park, but also one of its most famous.