G. P. Marsh wrote his monumental Man and Nature (1864) almost entirely in Italy, where he drew heavily from Italian insights and Italian landscapes.
The Association of Zimbabwe Traditional Environmental Conservationists (AZTREC) is founded in Zimbabwe’s Masvingo Province.
Following the emergence of its colonial forest service, France establishes the first forest reserves to manage the precious tropical rain forests in Cochinchina (present-day Vietnam).
The passage of the first forest regulations in India under British rule leads to the establishment of the Imperial Forest Service.
The New Forest is declared a royal forest under King William I of England.
UN releases “Declaration on Cities and Other Human Settlements in the New Millennium.”
The United Nations develop a code of conduct for the protection and preservation of global natural habitats and resources.
Books by Victor Olgyay (Design with Climate) and Ralph Knowles (Form and Stability ) pioneer a “green building” movement among architects and designers.
Egon Glesinger publishes his study on the global importance of wood as a raw material.
In his 1791 work, Georg Ludwig Hartig advocates a new strategy for sustainable forest management.
