Frontiers, Conservation and Armed Conflict in the Colombian Amazon

Presented by: Professor German Palacio. Professor Palacio is fall 2020 UW Tinker Visiting Professor. Dr. Palacio teaches at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, campus Amazonia (in Leticia). He has a PhD from Florida International University-Miami. Palacio is the author of several books including: Ecologia Politica de la Amazonia (2010) and Territorios Improbables (2018) and multiple articles on the Amazonian region and environmental history and political ecology. He was also a member of the Scientific Committee of the International Human Dimensions Program for Global Environmental Change, and has been a Fulbright Scholar.

This lecture focuses on contemporary Amazon history, in a period when the Amazon has become not only a globalized region, but also a region strongly defined in environmental or ecological terms and with presence of armed conflict. If you are interested in joining us for this virtual Lunchtime Lecture, please register here on our website https://rb.gy/mlbjcn