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SUMMARY:Invasive species and ecological imperialism in South America. Curr
 ent interactions between wood industry\, wild boars\, perroquets and hunte
 rs in Uruguay - Juan Martin Dabezies\, Universidad de la República (Urugu
 ay)
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CONTACT:Peadar Brehony
DESCRIPTION:Uruguay is a cattle country. The colonization of Uruguay (and 
 much of the Southern Cone of America) was based on the production and expo
 rt of leather and meat of exotic species deliberately introduced by humans
 : cows. Livestock is currently the main productive activity of Uruguay. Ho
 wever\, for about 30 years new species introduced by humans such as eucaly
 ptus and soybeans\, are changing the national productive map\, competing w
 ith livestock as the country's main productive activities. At the same tim
 e that the area of expansion of these new species begins to increase\, wil
 d boars and perroquets were declared national pests. Recently the wild boa
 r is being fought very strongly because in addition to being a productive 
 threat\, it is an exotic environmental threat. In this presentation I anal
 yze the postcolonial processes that have generated new ecological assembla
 ges between exotic and native species\, leading to some being considered p
 lague and others almost "sacred." Specifically I focus on fighting wild bo
 ar and the discursive roots based on speeches around production\, conserva
 tion and biosecurity.
LOCATION:Hardy Building 101 (first floor)\, Downing Site\, Cambridge
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