Ricardo Rozzi

Ricardo Rozzi, Chilean ecologist, and philosopher is a full professor at the University of North Texas (USA) and the University of Magallanes (Chile); He is Director of the Cape Horn International Center (CHIC), Puerto Williams, Chile and Vice-President of the Center for Environmental Philosophy (CEP), Denton, Texas, USA. He has led the creation in Chile of the Omora Ethnobotanical Park, the Reserve of the Cape Horn Biosphere, and the Diego Ramírez Islands-Pasaje Drake Marine Park. His research combines ecology and philosophy and has coined the terms biocultural conservation, biocultural homogenization and biocultural ethics focused 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.
He has received various awards, including the National Award for Scientific and Technological Dissemination (EXPLORA-CONICYT, Chile, 2004) and the Eugene P. Odum Award for Excellence in Education in Ecology (Ecological Society of America – ESA, USA, 2019).