Being first: Why the Americans needed it, and why Royal National Park didn't stand in their way

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Authors

Robin, Libby

Publisher

Royal Zoological Society of NSW

Abstract

This is a history of beginnings, but it doesn't come from 1879. Rather it is about the politics of the World Centennial of National Parks in 1972. Not in 1964-100 years after the first national park in the world, Yosemite. Nor in 1979-100 years after Roya

Keywords

Keywords: environmental management; environmental politics; extinction; global perspective; historical geography; national planning; nature conservation; UNESCO; wilderness area; World Heritage Site; Australia; New South Wales; Royal National Park; United States; Y IUCN; National Parks idea; Nature conservation; Royal National Park; UNESCO; Wilderness; World heritage convention; Yellowstone National Park

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/73340

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Australian Zoologist

Type

Journal article

Access Statement

Open Access

DOI

10.7882/AZ.2012.025

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