Le mouvement « Aménagement et nature » dans la naissance et l’évolution de la politique de l’environnement, en France, dans les années 1960–2000

From the sixties to the end of the century, the ideas of preservation and conservation of the ecological heritage have progressively evolved into the concept of sustainable development. Ecological groups, scientists, as well as ecologists have taken part in this evolution. An NGO, a non-profit-making association founded in 1964, better known under the name of its magazine, « Amenagement et Nature », occupies a particular niche. A series of meetings and conferences organized over two days by the association, in quiet places in the country, such as old abbeys, were attended by ecologists, architects, town planners, academics and teachers, biologists, zoologists, farmers and foresters, industrialists, geographers, ethologists, medical doctors and chemists, builders, civil servants, etc... Among the reports which followed, some were used by the government in determining environmental measures. The association took part in the international meeting in Stockholm in 1972. In the sixties and seventies, it organized exhibitions on environmental topics. The association was frequently commissioned by different government departments or official bodies to study specific problems of land management and preservation, and the way they were actually dealed with, in France and in some foreign countries. Founded in 1965, the magazine is still published by a former member of the organization and the founders hope that younger and efficient members will keep the spirit of the association and pursue its efforts to create links and establish cooperation between those who are in charge of development and all those, at all levels and in all human activities, who are concerned by environmental problems and sustainable development.