Ricardo Rozzi
Membership: 2021
Member Bio
Ricardo Rozzi is a Chilean ecologist and philosopher. He is professor at the University of Magallanes in Chile and at the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Texas in the USA. Based in these institutions, he is the director of the Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program (USA and Chile). His academic work focuses on the links between human welfare and the conservation of biological and cultural diversity. To achieve this, he has combined theoretical and applied work. In terms of theoretical work, he has worked on three interrelated concepts: biocultural homogenization, biocultural conservation, and biocultural ethics. The latter proposes a “3Hs” conceptual framework to value the vital links among specific life habits and habitats where they take place embedded in communities of human and other-than-human co-in-habitants. Regarding applied work, Dr. Rozzi has led the creation of the Omora Ethnobotanical Park (Puerto Williams, Chile, 2000), the UNESCO Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve (5 mill. hectares, 2005), and the Diego Ramirez Islands-Drake Passage Marine Park (15 million hectares, 2019). Working with various organizations to incorporate environmental ethics into conservation practices and education, he created the field environmental philosophy methodological approach. In turn, this has led to the creation of biocultural conservation activities such as ecotourism with a hand lens. Currently, Dr. Rozzi leads the establishment of the Cape Horn International Center for biocultural research, education, and conservation in Puerto Williams, the capital city of the Chilean Antarctic Province.
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