Blue Box Seminar
Blue Box Seminar Series
Department of Geography Presents
Dr. Maximilian Viatori
鈥La Otra Cordillera鈥: Conservation and Extraction in a Peruvian Marine Protected Area鈥&苍产蝉辫;
How is an emergent nexus of ocean conservation and extraction creating new ocean frontiers in zones previously considered politically and geographically 鈥渕arginal鈥? And, how is this process generating new social and multispecies inequalities and inscribing them in ocean space and volume? I explore these questions by analyzing the scientific and regulatory debates surrounding the recent creation of Peru鈥檚 first large-scale, open ocean marine protected area, the Reserva Nacional Dorsal de Nasca (RNDN). I argue that the RNDN鈥檚 three dimensional model of ocean governance fostered a particular way of seeing the ocean that supported a new legal regime for inscribing a conservation-extraction nexus in the eastern Pacific Ocean鈥檚 volume. As such, the RNDN provides an interesting example for examining how the ocean and its volume are being reconceptualized to ensure the ongoing production of value in the face of political, economic, and climatic challenges.
When: Friday, November 8, 2024, 3 - 4 pm
Where: SN 2025