Greece’s first national park, at Mount Olympus, the country’s highest mountain, is declared in 1938.
The ministry functions as the central state administrative authority and highest inspection authority in environmental affairs.
Abruzzo National Park opened as Italy’s second national park.
This arboretum is founded by Mexican environmentalist Miguel Angel de Quevedo.
In his 1901 book, American conservationist and nature writer John Muir promoted a transcendentalist idea of national parks as wild places of inspirational beauty.
The Touring Club Italiano is the largest Italian association for the promotion of tourism.
To protect the recently created Yosemite National Park against exploitation, John Muir founds the Sierra Club as the first grassroots environmental organization in the United States.
The New Forest is declared a royal forest under King William I of England.
The Albert National Park (later renamed Virunga) in the Belgian Congo becomes the first National Park in Africa.