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The €50,000 KfW Bernhard Grzimek Prize for #conservation will be presented today in Frankfurt.

But should Bernhard #Grzimek really be celebrated as a role model? 🤔

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Following his civil service career in Nazi Germany as a member of the SA (Nazi Stormtroopers), Grzimek became a director of a zoo & an animal rights activist.

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Grzimek discovered his love for conservation in the #Serengeti, where he:
đź”´ campaigned for yrs alongside @FZS_Frankfurt AGAINST the land rights of the Indigenous #Maasai
🔴 “professionalized” the militarized monitoring of Protected Areas
đź”´ boosted mass #tourism in the area
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#Ökofaschismus – Was ist das? Ein langer Thread.

Triggerwarnung: Ich werde hier antisemitische, rassistische und faschistische Inhalte und Symbole behandeln, um darüber aufzuklären. Denn so können wir uns dem Faschismus besser widersetzen. #FCKNZS #antifa
Die Ursprünge des #Ökofaschismus können wir vermutlich bereits in der rassistischen Kolonialgeschichte finden. Oft wird er aber um 1800 in der Romantik gesetzt. Was eigentlich meine liebste literarische Epoche ist, hat leider auch eine Schattenseite.
Die Romantik ist die Gegenbewegung zur Industrialisierung & Urbanisierung. Die völkische Bewegung propagierte ein Zurück zu den „vollkommenen“ Wurzeln des reinen Bauerndaseins. In den 1920/30ern wurden die „urbanen Juden“ zum Gegensatz des naturverbundenen Landvolkes konstruiert. Image
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🚨BREAKING - MAXIMUM ALERT

Thousands of Maasai in Loliondo being shot at by paramilitary forces backed by Tanzanian government

Unarmed community being shot at to make way for conservation

Clear violations human rights, national law and international law #Maasai #Tanzania
Tanzanian govt is using paramilitary security forces to evict thousands of Maasai indigenous peoples from their ancestral lands in Loliondo

Western govts & their conservation agencies have moral responsibility to end the unfolding tragedy
The Maasai of Loliondo have legal tenure rights over the area

This government attempt to evict Maasai with military deployment is a violation of national law and the Tanzania’s government international human rights’ obligations
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