// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy was 1998 bad for the environment? It was a gas.
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This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1998. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
Events
[edit]March
[edit]April
[edit]- The Bamako Convention (in full - Bamako Convention on the ban on the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa) is enacted.
- The Doñana disaster, an industrial accident in Andalusia (southern Spain), occurred when a holding dam burst at the Los Frailes mine near Aznalcóllar (Seville Province). It released 4–5 million cubic metres of mine tailings.
June
[edit]- On 25 June, the Aarhus Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants was officially signed.[1]
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ "CONVENTION ON ACCESS TO INFORMATION, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS: done at Aarhus, Denmark" (pdf). UN ECE. 25 June 1998. Retrieved 23 September 2025.