The International Union for Conservation of Nature was founded at a conference in Fontainebleau, France, as the International Union for the Protection of Nature, with the British biologist Julian Huxley among those who inspired it. It was renamed in 1956 and has its headquarters in Gland, Switzerland. Unlike most international organisations, its members include both governments and non-governmental groups, as well as thousands of volunteer experts. Its best-known product is the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, begun in 1964, which assesses the extinction risk of animals, plants and fungi. The organisation also advises UNESCO on natural World Heritage sites and runs programmes on protected areas and conservation policy.
Before and after
- 24 August 1948Birth of Sauli Niinistö
- 7 September 1948Birth of Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
- from 13 September 1948 to 18 September 1948Operation Polo
- 20 September 1948Birth of George R. R. Martin
- 5 October 1948Founding of International Union for Conservation of Nature
- from 8 November 1948 to 1 January 1951Rise of COBRA
- 12 November 1948Birth of Hassan Rouhani
- 14 November 1948Birth of Charles III
- 26 November 1948Birth of Elizabeth Blackburn
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- 7 April 1948Founding of World Health Organization
- 1950Origins of Formula One
- 1959HIV/AIDS
- 8 August 1967Founding of ASEAN
- 9 September 1999Founding of African Union
- from 15 November 2019 to 5 May 2023COVID-19 pandemic
The era
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