ECo Talks: Governing Amazonian Frontiers: Predation, Sheltered States, and When Conservation Can Work with Dr. Gabriel Suchodolski

Mar 20, 2026 | Georgetown University, Earth Commons
Capitol Campus 111 Mass Ave. 7th floor room: 7414 & Zoom: 93082466514
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Dr. Gabriel Suchodolski, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Georgetown’s Earth Commons Institute, will present his talk, “Governing Amazonian Frontiers: Predation, Sheltered States, and When Conservation Can Work,” as part of the ECo Talks series produced by the Earth Commons.

This talk shows how the persistence and resurgence of deforestation stem from the local political economy of resource frontiers—where predatory entrepreneurs build the power that eventually reshapes policy from below, but where conditions for effective state intervention can also emerge.