Facts from the history

(An overview of the most important environmental events in Slovakia in the 20^th century, the 1^st part)

(Developed on the basis of Jozef Klinda's publication “Environmentalistics and Law II, Bratislava 1998)

The first part of the article brings a chronological information about the environmental protection in governmental documents in Slovakia. The first mentions of it appeared at the end of the 20^th century. In 1932 the first Slovak nature reservation was designated – the Slovak Nature Reserve in Pieniny. After sixteen years the first Slovak National Park was designated – the Tatra National Park and in 1955 the first Law on the State Nature Protection was approved. The term “environment” starts to be implemented in the 70-ties in the document Principles of the Environmental Protection and Improvement that was followed by other environmental documents and concept.