Tartu Students' Nature Conservation Circle
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Tartu Students' Nature Conservation Circle is a nature conservation organization (society) at the University of Tartu.
Established in 1958, it is the oldest student nature conservation society in the world.[1]
It has been continuously active since then. As preparing the environmental activists of the country, it had a remarkable role in the Phosphorite War that influenced the destabilization and destruction of the Soviet Union in the end of 1980s.
Among the presidents of society there have been Toomas Frey, Ann Marvet, Mari Reitalu, Rein Ahas and many others.[2]
References[]
- ^ Eilart, Jaan 1978. First Student Nature Conservation Society. Papers on Nature Conservation 4, pp. 51–52. Tartu.
- ^ Tartu Üliõpilaste Looduskaitseringi presidendid
Categories:
- University of Tartu
- Nature conservation in Estonia
- Environmentalism in Estonia
- 1958 establishments in the Soviet Union
- Environmental organizations established in 1958
- Environmental organizations based in Estonia
- Student organizations in Estonia