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The Council of Europe formally announced in 1966 that the year 1970 would be European Conservation Year (ECY). It began with a European Conservation Conference at Strasbourg in February, with representatives from more than twenty countries. As well as five princes and ministers, there were 350 officials, business leaders and representatives of professional voluntary bodies present. The overriding purpose was to raise environmental awareness and thereby ‘to encourage all Europeans to care for, work for, and enjoy a high quality environment’. It was one of the most successful ‘Years’ of its kind (Sheail 1998, pp. 152–5).
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Sheail, J. (2002). Environmental Conservation. In: An Environmental History of Twentieth-Century Britain. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4039-4036-0_6
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