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The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. [3] Founded in 1948, IUCN has become the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it.
In 1948, the IUCN established a Committee on National Parks. Two decades later the IUCN had been asked by the international community to take responsibility for preparing a world list of national parks in keeping with its role as a network to share the world’s knowledge on nature conservation, and in 1960, the IUCN raised the status of the Committee to that of a permanent Commission, with ...
The IUCN — International Union for Conservation of Nature. International environmental and conservation organization — focus on environmental conservation
A ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization, in the Palace of Nations (Geneva, Switzerland).. The following is a list of the major existing intergovernmental organizations (IGOs).
Made Trade compiled a brief history of women and textiles in the United States, drawing on historical museum documents, interviews, and research. ... once a cotton plantation established by Joseph ...
1970: Polish geologist Franciszka Szymakowska became widely known because of her unique and detailed geological drawings that are still used today. [293] 1973: American physicist Anna Coble became the first African-American woman to receive a PhD in biophysics, completing her dissertation at University of Illinois. [294]
Esther Bubley (1921–1998), expressive photos of ordinary people, later specializing in children in hospitals and other medical themes; Sonja Bullaty (1923–2000), photojournalist and landscape photographer; Elizabeth Buehrmann (c. 1886 – c. 1963), pioneer of home portraits; Shirley Burman (born 1934), women in railroad history
Margaret Abbott was the first American woman to win an Olympic event (women's golf tournament at the 1900 Paris Games); she was the first American woman, and the second woman overall to do it. [52] Carro Clark was the first American woman to establish, own and manage a book publishing firm (The C. M. Clark Company opened in Boston). [53] 1905