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waldsterben

(ˈwɔːldˌstɜːbən)

(Biology) the symptoms of tree decline in central Europe from the 1970s, considered to be caused by atmospheric pollution

[C20: from German Wald forest + sterben to die]

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waldsterben

(forest death) Damage to trees caused by air pollution and secondary infection.

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"However, the precautionary principle and its application to environmental hazards and their uncertainties only began to emerge as an explicit and coherent concept within environmental science in the 1970s, when German scientists and policy-makers were trying to deal with 'forest death' (Waldsterben) and its possible causes, including air pollution." Id at 13.

HEALTH, TECHNOLOGY & INTERNATIONAL LAW - HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES AND INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: A PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH

Das Waldsterben. Ruckblick auf einen Ausnahmezustand.

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Waldschaden und Waldsterben in der Tschechoslowakei, Allgemeine Forst und Jagdzeitung 161: 6-11.

Pollution of "Akmenes cementas" vicinity: alkalizing microelements in soil, composition of vegetation species and projection coverage/"Akmenes cemento" aplinkos tarsa. Dirvozemi sarminantys mikroelementai, augalijos rusiu ivairove ir projekcinis padengimas

Waldsterben in the forests of central Europe and eastern North America: Fantasy or reality?