forests

The passage of the first forest regulations in India under British rule leads to the establishment of the Imperial Forest Service.

Increased international demand for rubber leads to destruction of forests in Amazon River basin.

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

The American diplomat and philologist George Perkins Marsh publishes Man and Nature.

The UN Conference for Environment and Development (UNED), known as the first “Earth Summit,” takes place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Increased European demand for rubber leads to the destruction of forests in West and Central Africa.

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

The world’s first forestry school, located in the Saxon city of Tharandt, attracts students from all over Europe.

In his 1791 work, Georg Ludwig Hartig advocates a new strategy for sustainable forest management.

One of the first comprehensive forest surveys takes place in the duchy of Saxe-Weimar.