the first earth summit un conference was in 1968.
when was the first earth summit un conference?
1968
during this time, maathai was recognized with various awards internationally, but the kenyan government did not appreciate her work. in 1991 she received the goldman environmental prize in san francisco and the hunger project's africa prize for leadership in london. cnn aired a three-minute segment about the goldman prize, but when it aired in kenya, that segment was cut out. in june 1992, during the long protest at uhuru park, both maathai and president arap moi travelled to rio de janeiro for the un conference on environment and development (earth summit). the kenyan government accused maathai of inciting women and encouraging them to strip at freedom corner, urging that she not be allowed to speak at the summit. despite this, maathai was chosen to be a chief spokesperson at the summit.
wangari maathai
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there have been 4 environmental mega conferences to date; united nations (un) conference on the human environment (unche) 1972 (commonly known as the stockholm conference); un conference on environment and development (unced) 1992 (also known as rio conference or earth summit); un general assembly special session on sustainable development in new york 1997 (earth summit ii) and world summit on sustainable development (wssd) 2002 in johannesburg.
environmental mega conferences