| 1853 |
The Estonian
Naturalists' Society (ELuS) - Dorpater
Naturforscher Gesellschaft is
established in Tartu |
| 1910 |
First Nature Reserve is
established in Vaika islets (today's Vilsandi
National Park) |
| 1924 |
Temporary protected area (Järvselja
virgin forest) is established |
| 1935 |
Law on State Parks
of the Republic of Estonia (26 April) |
| 1935 |
First Nature
Protection Law of the Republic of
Estonia (11 December) |
| 1936 |
Dr. Gustav Vilbaste
entered upon of the Nature Conservation
Inspector (29 January) |
| 1937 |
First volume of the Book
"Looduskaitse"
("Nature Protection") is published
(Editor in chief: Dr. Gustav Vilbaste) by the
State Parks Authority Publisher |
| 1938 |
Second Nature
Conservation Law of the Republic of
Estonia (25 March) - Law on State Parks and
Nature Protection Law annuled |
| 1940 |
Last
protected areas are established by the Nature
Conservation Law of independent Estonia (1 July) |
| 1957 |
Legalisation
of nature protection after beginning of Soviet
occupation by the Law on Nature
Protection of the Estonian S.S.R. (7
June); numerous protected areas are established
and re-established; state authority of Soviet
Estonia for nature protection is established |
| 1958 |
Monthly
magazine "Eesti
Loodus" ("Estonian
Nature") is established |
| 1966 |
The
Nature Protection Society of the Estonian S.S.R.
(Eesti NSV Looduskaitse Selts) (a NGO) is
established |
| 1971 |
First
national park is established - Lahemaa (1
June) |
| 1971 |
The Vaika
State Nature Reserve is reorganised to
the Vilsandi State Nature Reserve
(21 September) |
| 1976 |
First
designated by the U.S.S.R. Ramsar area - Matsalu
State Nature Reserve |
| 1980 |
Management
plan of the Lahemaa national Park is finished |
| 1981 |
First
28 Mire Reserves are established |
| 1989 |
The West Estonian
Archipelago Biosphere Reserve is established
(27 December) |
| 1990 |
Law
on Nature Protection of Estonia (23
February) |
| 1991 |
Reorganisation
of subordination of protected areas - from Forest
Districts to the Ministry of the Environment |
| 1991 |
Law on the
Lahemaa National Park (27 March) |
| 1991 |
The Union of
Protected Areas of Estonia (EKAL) is
established |
| 1991 |
The
Association
of Baltic National Parks (ABNP) is
established |
| 1991 |
The Fund
for Nature of Estonia (ELF) is
established |
| 1993 |
List of Protected areas of
local importance are merged with the List of
state protected areas - established is a one
level state nature protection network |
| 1993 |
3 new national parks are
established -
Karula, Soomaa
and Vilsandi
(8 December). |
| 1994 |
First nature reserve in
reindependent Estonia - Alam-Pedja
(17 February) |
| 1994 |
Law on
Protected Natural Objects (1 June) |
| 1994 |
Estonia is joined to the
Ramsar-Convention; Matsalu Nature Reserve is
designated by Estonia Ramsar area |
| 1995 |
First Protection Rules by
the Law on Protected Natural Objects - Karula
National Park and Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve (3
March) |