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A version of the Serenity prayer appearing on an Alcoholics Anonymous medallion (date unknown).. The Serenity Prayer is an invocation by the petitioner for wisdom to understand the difference between circumstances ("things") that can and cannot be changed, asking courage to take action in the case of the former, and serenity to accept in the case of the latter.
The IUCN has now expanded into many of the nations around the world, making available the services of a large pool of mainly voluntary specialists, providing local level advice and conservation services, and expanding its networks of Committees and regional advisory bodies into increasing numbers of countries.
Niebuhr created the first version of the Serenity Prayer. [92] It inspired Winnifred Wygal to write versions of the prayer that would become well known. Fred R. Shapiro , who had cast doubts on Niebuhr's claim of authorship, conceded in 2009 that, "The new evidence does not prove that Reinhold Niebuhr wrote [the prayer], but it does ...
In 1980, the World Conservation Strategy was developed by the IUCN with help from the UN Environmental Programme, World Wildlife Fund, UN Food and Agricultural Organization, and UNESCO. [68] Its purpose was to promote the conservation of living resources important to humans.
In 1991, IUCN (together with UNEP and WWF) published Caring for the Earth, a successor to the World Conservation Strategy. [8] Social aspects of conservation were now integrated in IUCN's work; at the General Assembly in 1994 the IUCN mission was redrafted to its current wording to include the equitable and ecologically use of natural resources.
Dams, power plants, conservation programs and other projects sponsored by the World Bank have pushed millions of people out of their homes or off their lands or threatened their livelihoods. In some cases, governments supported by World Bank money have arrested, beaten and even killed people who objected to being forced from their homes ...
1980 – Superfund (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act or CERCLA) — Earth First! founded — The Global 2000 Report to the President — International Union for Conservation of Nature publishes its World Conservation Strategy — William R. Catton Jr. publishes Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of ...
If you’re stuck on today’s Wordle answer, we’re here to help—but beware of spoilers for Wordle 1303 ahead. Let's start with a few hints.