The NGOs and the International Environment in the 1990s

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Gorm Rye Olsen, ‘The NGOs and the International Environment in the 1990s’, Forum for Development Studies, 1996: 1, pp. 177–184. During the past 20 years, there has been a very positive attitude towards and a growing concern about the environment in most OECD countries. Both the mass media and the public opinion have developed a more and more positive attitude in favour of doing ‘something’ for the environment. The environmental NGOs have played a very important role in raising the public awareness about the global as well as the local environment. This article argues that in the 1990s, the politicians and the decision-makers in most OECD states are in agreement with both the NGOs and the general public about the need to take effective measures to protect the natural environment. The article therefore raises the question whether the environmental NGOs still have a role to play in the future.

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