World Charter for Nature

World Charter for Nature

World Charter for Nature was adopted by United Nations member nation-states on October 28, 1982. It proclaims five "principles of conservation by which all human conduct affecting nature is to be guided and judged." The vote was 111 for, one against (United States), 18 abstentions. [cite book | title = International Environmental Standards Handbook | author = Scott S. Olson | isbn = 1566702704 | year = 1999 | pages = 39 ]

See also

* Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (16 June 1972)
** [A/35/141 Annex I]
* Sea Shepherd

References

External links

* [http://sedac.ciesin.org/entri/texts/world.charter.for.nature.1982.html Full text]
* [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=68ap9hdp8D8C Monitoring Ecological Change] by Ian F. Spellerberg


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