Say “verabschiedung” to the magical woodlands that inspired the backdrop for many a Grimm’s fairy tale—or I suppose more appropriately given the shift in demographics, “مع السلامة”—as the German government has officially commenced a controversial deforestation initiative.
My colleague Monica Showalter wrote an excellent and in-depth analysis almost two years ago on the government’s proposal to axe large swathes of Germany’s most famous, and “1,000-year-old” forest to make way for wind turbines—which you can read here—and the project has finally commenced.
