1980 in the environment
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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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- 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]
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