Exporting extinction: how the international financial system constrains biodiverse futures
Time: 12:30pm to 1:20pm
Location: Michael Smith Labs Theatre, Room 102, 2185 East Mall.
No food or drinks allowed in the Theatre.
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Talk summary:
This talk will explore – through six case studies of extractivism in the Global South – how the organization of the international financial system influences state policy towards extractive land use change.
Bio:
Jessica Dempsey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia. Her current research centers on the political economy drivers of biodiversity loss, and seeks to understand escalating ecological decline in a time of unprecedented efforts to arrest them.
Bio:
Audrey Irvine-Broque is a PhD student in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia. She is a part of the Biodiversity Capital Research Collective, a team of researchers studying the political economy of biodiversity loss and biodiversity conservation