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Ana Watson
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Graduate Student in Residence Ana Watson is a PhD Candidate of Geography at the University of Calgary. Her doctoral research is focused on the political ecology of natural gas extraction in the Amazon where landscapes have been shaped by competing narratives of economic development and conservation. She is interested in understanding the roles of power and knowledge in defining environmental impacts and in influencing social acceptability of hydrocarbon operations across cultural worldviews in Latin America. She holds a master’s degree in Environment and Development at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Pontifical Catholic University of Peru). Over the past ten years, she has been working on sustainability projects and indigenous communities, as well as promoting voluntary Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Action Plans for natural gas exploration in the tropical forest
Full Biography:
Graduate Student in Residence Ana Watson is a PhD Candidate of Geography at the University of Calgary. Her doctoral research is focused on the political ecology of natural gas extraction in the Amazon where landscapes have been shaped by competing narratives of economic development and conservation. She is interested in understanding the roles of power and knowledge in defining environmental impacts and in influencing social acceptability of hydrocarbon operations across cultural worldviews in Latin America. She holds a master’s degree in Environment and Development at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Pontifical Catholic University of Peru). Over the past ten years, she has been working on sustainability projects and indigenous communities, as well as promoting voluntary Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Action Plans for natural gas exploration in the tropical forest
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