This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1954. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
Events The Nile perch were introduced into Lake Victoria in East Africa and since then it has been fished commercially. It is attributed with causing the extinction or near-extinction of several hundred native species. The first air pollution control law passes in New Jersey The Biharamulo Forest Reserve is established in Tanganyika Territory (what is now Tanzania). The Kanga Forest Reserve, also of Tanzania, was established. July The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 was passed in the United States.
August
The Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1954 in the United States is enacted on August 4.
See also
Human impact on the environment List of years in the environment
References