Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
Campaign
1956 First Wilderness Bill 1955 Wilderness
Areas Act (Ontario)
1955 Reserves and
Domains Act
1957 Victorian National
Park
1960
Authority created
1962 ORCC Report
1964 Wilderness Act
becomes law
Agencies begin
implementation
RARE I commences
1969 Study tour of
National Parks
Director to North
America
1963 Kosciusko Primitive
Area established (NSW)
1967 NSW National Parks
and Wildlife Service
created Wilderness
becomes a major policy
issue: Little Desert,
1970
Mounting pressure from tourists and commercial interests in
national parks in all countries
Great Barrier Reef, Fraser
1974 Eastern Wilderness
Act RARE II
commences Bureau
of Land Management
commences
inventory
1977 Reserves Act
Island and Lake Pedder
1975 National Parks and
Wildlife Service
(Commonwealth) created
1980 'Sagebrush
Rebellion' Provision
for wilderness in
Alaska
Major conflicts
over wilderness
preservation
1980 National Parks
Act
1982 National Conservation
Strategy
1981 Wilderness
Advisory Group
established
1983 Franklin Dam Case
1984 Calls for
establishment of National
Wilderness System
1984 South
Moresby Island
campaign
1984 New wilderness
areas established
1986 World Heritage
listing for South
Westland Park
1985 CONCOM discussion
paper
1987 Federal government
acts to preserve the Wet
Tropics, Kakadu, and the
Lemonthyme and Southern
Forests
1987 NSW Wilderness Act
passed
1990 Increased attention given to concept of ecotourism and sustainable tourism by governments
and industry bodies
2000 Renewed threats to
explore for oil in the
Alaskan wildlife
reserve during Bush
presidency
1987 Creation of
Department of
Conservation
Continued debate
over timber cutting
in British
Columbia, Ontario
and Newfoundland
Labour government
restricts cutting of
native forest on
government land 2004
renewed focus on
public access rights to
crown land and
reserves
Continuing concern over
vegetation clearance and
soil and river salination
