Book Launch: Saving a Rainforest and Losing the World: Conservation and Displacement in the Global Tropics
Gregory M. Thaler is an Associate Professor of Environmental Geography and Latin American Studies in the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies and the School of Geography and the Environment. His research examines the political ecology and political economy of development, global environmental governance, and agrarian politics. His new book draws on six years of research on agrarian frontiers in Indonesia, Brazil, and Bolivia to reveal the ecological destruction behind global attempts to reconcile industrial agriculture with forest conservation.
Date: 12 November 2024, 17:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Venue: Latin American Centre, Main Seminar Room
Speaker: Gregory M. Thaler (LAC and School of Geography)
Organiser: Gregory Thaler
Booking required?: Not required
Booking url: https://www.lac.ox.ac.uk/event/main-seminar-book-launch-saving-a-rainforest-and-losing-the-world-conservation-and-displacemen
Cost: Free
Audience: Members of the University only
Editors: Chris White, Donna Palfreman