===Ecology and global policy===Ecology became a central part of the World's politics as early as 1971, UNESCO launched a research program called "Man and Biosphere", with the objective of increasing knowledge about the mutual relationship between humans and nature.
Ponovno je nastal razkol med temeljnimi in uporabnimi znanstveniki v okviru ESA, tokrat jezadevo še poslabšalo vprašanje zagovorništva okolja.