Ricardo Rozzi

Dr. Ricardo Rozzi

Philosophy and Religion, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA
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Biography

Ricardo Rozzi, a Chilean ecologist and philosopher, is a professor at the University of North Texas (USA) and the University of Magallanes (Chile). In Chhile, Rozzi is the director of the Cape Horn International Center (CHIC), Puerto Williams, and in the USA he is visiting researcher at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, and vicepresident of the Center for Environmental Philosophy (CEP), Denton, Texas, USA. Rozzi has led the creation of the Omora Ethnobotanical Park, the Reserve of the Cape Horn Biosphere, and the Diego Ramírez Islands-Paso Drake Marine Park in Chile. His research combines ecology and philosophy, and he has coined the terms biocultural conservation, biocultural homogenization, and biocultural ethics, focusing on the links between human well-being and the conservation of biological and cultural diversity. Integrating theory and practice, he has created new educational methodologies, such as Field Environmental Philosophy, and innovative practices, such as Ecotourism with a Hand Lens. Rozzi has received various awards, including the National Award for Scientific and Technological Dissemination (EXPLORA-CONICYT, Chile, 2004), the Eugene P. Odum Award for Excellence in Education in Ecology (Ecological Society of America - ESA, USA, 2019), and the Luis Oyarzún Award (Universidad Austral de Chile, 2022). You can find more about Rozzi at https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5265-8726 and https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=b3y2fQUAAAAJ&hl=es

Affiliations

University of North Texas

Denton, Texas, USA

Philosophy and Religion

University of Magallanes

Punta Arenas, Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena, Chile

Cape Horn International Center (CHIC)

Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Millbrook, Alabama, USA

Honors and Awards

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2022 Premio Luis Oyarzún, contribución a las artes, las ciencias y las humanidades en la naturaleza

Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile

Premio por su destacada contribución a las artes, las ciencias y las humanidades que fomentan las relaciones armónicas entre los seres humanos y la naturaleza. http://vinculacion.uach.cl/index.php/comunicaciones/15-noticias/vinculacion/2980-uach-entrego-premio-luis-oyarzun-2021-al-ecologista-y-filosofo-ricardo-rozzi

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2019 Eugene P. Odum Award for Excellence in Ecology Education

Ecological Society of America (ESA), USA

https://www.esa.org/esa/ecological-society-of-america-announces-2019-award-recipients/

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2017 Enrique Beltran Prize for the Conservation of Natural Resources, Mexico

Wildlife Society of Mexico & the International Council on Natural Resources and Wildlife

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZrKLyAKzeY

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