World Charter for Nature

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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.[1]

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  1. ^ Scott S. Olson (1999). International Environmental Standards Handbook. pp. 39. ISBN 1566702704. 

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