World Charter for Nature
Encyclopedia
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.
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
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
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
), 18 abstentions.
See also
- Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human EnvironmentDeclaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human EnvironmentThe Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, or Stockholm Declaration, was adopted June 16, 1972 by the United Nations at the 21st plenary meeting as the first document in international environmental law to recognize the right to a healthy environment.- External links...
(16 June 1972)- [A/35/141 Annex I]
External links
- Text from the UN.org
- Full text
- Monitoring Ecological Change by Ian F. Spellerberg