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Der sterbende Wald (the dying forest), the expression used by Germans to describe the plight of Germany’s forests has become the best known German catchphrase of the 1980s outside Germany. its ubiquity is eloquent testimony to the saliency of environmental concerns and their political resonance in the Federal Republic. The growth in environmental consciousness since 1970 has had a major impact on public policy priorities and underpinned the emergence of the Greens as a parliamentary force. An analysis of its causes and effects therefore is central to any judgement about the future trajectory of the political and economic systems of West Germany.
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Paterson, W.E. (1989). Environmental Politics. In: Smith, G., Paterson, W.E., Merkl, P.H. (eds) Developments in West German Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20346-8_15
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