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
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
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
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/
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