1954 in the environment

• The Nile perch were introduced into Lake Victoria in East Africa{{Cite journal| issn = 0001-9720| volume = 75| issue = 4| pages = 510–538| last = Pringle| first = Robert M.| title = The Nile Perch in Lake Victoria: Local Responses and Adaptations| journal = Africa: Journal of the International African Institute| date = 2005-01-01| jstor = 3556959| doi=10.3366/afr.2005.75.4.510| s2cid = 7566999}} and since then it has been fished commercially. It is attributed with causing the extinction or near-extinction of several hundred native species

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• The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 was passed in the United States.

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• Human impact on the environment

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