Convention_Relative_to_the_Preservation_of_Fauna_and_Flora_in_their_Natural_State
Convention Relative to the Preservation of Fauna and Flora in their Natural State
1933 environmental treaty
The Convention Relative to the Preservation of Fauna and Flora in their Natural State, also known as the London Convention of 1933,[1][2] was an early agreement among colonial powers for the conservation of nature.[3] As one of the first general conservation agreement in Africa, and the first to specifically protect a plant species, it has been called the Magna Carta of wildlife conservation[4] and "the high point of institutionalised global nature protection before the Second World War".[5]