Paper short abstract:

In the proposed poster presentation I will explore how Estonian nature protection thought was distrupted during WWII (nature protection law from 1935 was cancelled) and what parts of it were transferred into 1957 soviet Estonian law. The study will follow leading figure of the period: Eerik Kumari.

Paper long abstract:

In the proposed poster presentation I will explore the development of Estonian nature protection lines of thought in sovier occupation period. Although Republic of Estonia had established its first Nature Protection Law in 1935, it was cancelled after WWII by soviet occupational government. The soviet occupational government of Estonia adopted its own Nature Protection Law only on 1957. The study will follow the ideological views and detailes that were transferred over the distruptive times to the new regulations.

The poster will focus on one of leading figures of nature protection in that time: Eerik Kumari was active nature protection figure in times of Republic of Estonia as well as after war under occupational government. I will follow the outstanding person and institutionalisation of his toughts in the distruptive times. I will also elaborate on the engagement of wider society into nature protection as well as role of nature education in these times. I will compare processes in Estonia with the processes of same period in other parts of Soviet Union as well in West.

The study is supervised by prof Ulrike Plath and PhD Kadri Tüür in Tallinn University.

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