conservation

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.

Today’s Royal National Park, which lies south of Sydney, is Australia’s first explicitly designated national park.

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.

The act is an important and controversial parliamentary decision regulating access to New Zealand’s natural resources.

Originally formed to advocate against dam construction, the organization, which later became the Australian Wilderness Society, now supports various environmental protection and education projects.