1980 in the environment

This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1980. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.

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Events

January

• Joy Adamson, a conservationist best known for her work with Elsa the lioness, was murdered in Africa. She wrote the book Born Free which was made into a film of the same name.

December

• The National Parks Act 1980 is passed in New Zealand.
• US President Jimmy Carter signed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, which provided varying degrees of special protection to over 157,000,000 acres of land in Alaska.^[1]
• US President Jimmy Carter signed the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, also known as the "Superfund" law, for the investigation and cleaning up of sites contaminated with hazardous substances.^[2]

Undated

• The Praslin Power Station is commissioned and installed in Seychelles.^[3]

See also

• Environment portal

• Human impact on the environment
• List of environmental issues