Author: Nurmetov, Ismoil Alimbaevich

Annotation: This article discusses the theoretical and methodological issues of the environmental problem in the second half of the 20th century, as well as the reflection of the problem in world historiography in the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. The article emphasizes the fact that the study of the consequences of the impact of human economic activity on the environment in the conditions of the ecological crisis has become one of the main tasks of historical science. The aggravation of the planet's environmental problems in the second half of the 20th century was the reason for the strengthening of the relationship between historical and natural sciences since the 1960s. This kind of collaboration has been reflected in the emergence of a number of scientific organizations and environmental history communities (American Society for Environmental History, 1977; European Society for Environmental History, 1999). The paper considers the processes of strengthening the integration of nature conservation and the socio-economic development of the world in the second half of the 20th century in the context of the beginning of awareness of the global nature of environmental problems in the 1960s; the emergence of a new stage in solving environmental problems in the 1970s; definitions of the concept of "sustainable progress" in the 1980s; the development of processes along the “path of sustainable development” in the 1990s and the inclusion of these tasks in the “21st century agenda” in the 2000s.

Keywords: nature, history, historiography, ecology, environmental protection, sustainable development.

Pages in journal: 263 - 269