Right-wing extremist ideologies in nature- and environmental protection

When one thinks of nature conservation and environmental protection, one usually thinks of democratic and emancipatory movements and initiatives. However, if one looks at the historical development of German environmental protection, it quickly becomes clear that it was also subject to right-wing extremist influences from the very beginning. At many points in its history, German nature conservation was closely linked to völkisch ideologies and actors. The protection of nature was and is often accompanied by the protection of the Heimat (homeland) and the Volk (people).
The lecture shows the historical continuities and developments as well as current case studies of the extreme right's influence on the field of nature and environmental protection. It will be made clear that this engagement of right-wing extremist individuals and organizations is not a matter of random action or personal preferences, but that this action is anchored in their worldview and their ideology.

How right-wing extremism prevention in nature conservation and environmental protection can look like is clarified in the following lecture by Yannick Passeick (FARN).