When 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 was founded in Fontainebleau on 5 October 1948 as the International Union for the Protection of Nature (IUPN), one of its original objectives was to聽. Because the International Office for the Protection of Nature (IOPN), one of its founding international organisational members located nearby in Brussels,聽already had a valuable library collection, IUPN聽regarded it聽.
The IOPN聽dated back to聽1928, when聽a motion was read and approved at the聽General Assembly of the International Union of Biological Sciences by the National Committees of Belgium, France, and Holland, who聽听听All organisations dedicated to聽the protection of nature聽聽the later establishment of an international union for the protection of nature i.e. 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播.
When IOPN merged with IUPN in 1955, the resulting Van Tienhoven Library (named after聽Dr. P.G. van Tienhoven, founder of IOPN and whose portrait hangs in the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 HQ Library today) inherited聽the collection of the Office and continued聽its legacy of collecting, preserving, and disseminating the world鈥檚 accumulated knowledge on nature conservation.
Today, the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 HQ Library still holds in its collection the material inherited from the IOPN. However, despite its nearly 100-year legacy and critical role in the establishment of a global environmental movement,聽much of this historical heritage is under threat due to chronic lack of resources to properly care for these materials and make them accessible to researchers.
