1993 in the environment

none November 2025 1993 the environment This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1993. They relate to environmental law, environmentalism and environmental issues. Events Residents in the vicinity of the polluted Lago Agrio oil field hire lawyers to force former well operator Texaco and its now parent company Chevron Corporation to clean up the area and to provide for the care of those affected. The former New Zealand territorial authority district of Waitakere City declares itself to be an eco-city. A number of protected areas were established in 1993, including Andrew Johnston Big Scrub Nature Reserve in Australia,Andrew Johnston Big Scrub Nature Reserve NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/andrew-johnston-big-scrub-nature-reserve 2 November 2025 Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge, in Arkansas,Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge Public Use Regulations 2016-2017 http://www.fws.gov/southeast/pubs/bldhnt.pdf U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service https://web.archive.org/web/20170430101825/https://www.fws.gov/southeast/pubs/bldhnt.pdf 2017-04-30 dead November 2, 2025 and Promno Landscape Park, a protected area in west-central Poland.https://regionwielkopolska.pl/en/katalog-obiektow/promno-landscape-park/ regionwielkopolska.pl Promno landscape park 30 August 2026 EcoLogic Development Fund is founded. August The Taejon Expo '93 three-month international exposition was held between Saturday, August 7, 1993, and Sunday, November 7, 1993, in the central South Korean city of Daejeon. The exposition's dual subthemes were "‘Traditional and Modern Science and Technology for the Developing World’ and ‘Effective use of resources and recycling’ – proposing alternative solutions and technology in favour of green development."https://www.bie-paris.org/site/en/1993-daejeon Bureau of International Expositions Expo 1993 Daejeon 2 November 2025 December The Convention on Biological Diversity, known informally as the Biodiversity Convention, enters into force. It is an international legally binding treaty. See also Environment Human impact on the environment List of years in the environment References