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.
David Brower, a former Executive Director of the Sierra Club, founds the environmental network “Friends of the Earth” to promote solutions for environmentally sustainable and socially just societies.
The Global 2000 Report to US President Jimmy Carter is published.
United States and Great Britain (on behalf of Canada) sign the Convention for the Protection of Migratory Birds in 1916.
Public protests lead to the prohibition of oil drilling in 1970.
The convention acknowledges that desertification and drought are global problems, and calls for international collaboration to combat its effects.
The 1976 Barcelona Convention for Protection against Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea is established.
This state organization is founded to manage the conservation of New Zealand’s natural heritage.
