Commissioned by the Club of Rome and published in 1972, the report warned that unchanged population growth and resource consumption would dramatically worsen the conditions for humanity in the near future.
The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment becomes the first UN conference focused solely on the global environment.
Books by Victor Olgyay (Design with Climate) and Ralph Knowles (Form and Stability ) pioneer a “green building” movement among architects and designers.
The American forestry scientist and wildlife researcher Aldo Leopold publishes his book A Sand County Almanac.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is founded. Today, it is considered the world’s largest conservation organization.
Egon Glesinger publishes his study on the global importance of wood as a raw material.
Paul Sarasin delivers his address “Über die Aufgaben des Weltnaturschutzes” (On Tasks of the World Nature Protection Movement).
The world’s first forestry school, located in the Saxon city of Tharandt, attracts students from all over Europe.
British economist Thomas Robert Malthus warns of the dangers of overpopulation.
In his 1791 work, Georg Ludwig Hartig advocates a new strategy for sustainable forest management.
