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Education
NEW:
To learn about the Tracing
Darwin’s Path Field Course Series, please visit the website at the following link.
Materials for Multiethnic Environmental
Education:
Goffinet, B., W. Buck, F.
Massardo & R. Rozzi (2006). Los bosques en miniatura de Cabo de Hornos /
The miniature forests of Cape Horn. SERNATUR XII Región.
Rozzi, R., F. Massardo, A. Mansilla, C.B.
Anderson & J. Plana (2006). Los paisajes vírgenes de Cabo de Hornos / The
virgin landscapes of Cape Horn. SERNATUR XII Región.
Rozzi, R. & F. Massardo (2006). La
etnoecología más austral del mundo / The world’s southernmost ethnoecology.
SERNATUR XII Región.
Rozzi, R. & K. Heidinger (2006). La ruta de
Darwin por los archipiélagos Cabo de Hornos / The route of Darwin through the
Cape Horn Archipelago. SERNATUR XII Región.
Poster: Ibarra, J.T. (2006). Afiche informativo
sobre proyecto de investigación del impacto del visón en ambientes
dulceacuícolas. Fondo de Protección Ambiental. CONAMA XII Región.
Poster: Exploring the Micro-Biodiversity of Cape Horn (2004). La
Prensa Austral. Front,
Back
Poster: The Miniature Forests of Cape Horn (2004). La
Prensa Austral. Front,
Back
Poster: The Great Diversity of Small Fauna in
the Forests of Magallanes. (2004). La
Prensa Austral. Front,
Back
Poster: The Micro-Biodiversity Hidden under
Freshwater in Cape Horn (2004). La
Prensa Austral. Front,
Back
Sherriffs, M., S. Ippi,
C.B. Anderson, R. Rozzi & Á. Zúñiga (2004). Explorando la Micro-Biodiversidad del Cabo de Hornos - Guías y
atcividades. Fundación Omora, Puerto Williams, Chile. 98 pp.
Rozzi, R. et al. (2003). A Multi-ethnic Guide to the Birds of the Forests of Southern
South America. Fantástico Sur Publishing. Punta Arenas,
Chile. (www.fantasticosur.com)
Aillapan, L. (2001). Twenty Winged Poems from the Native Forests of Southern
Chile. R. Rozzi (ed). Plaza y Valdés. Mexico City,
Mexico. 55 pp.
Primack, R., Rozzi, R., Feinsinger, P., Dirzo,
R. & Massardo, F. et al. (2001). Fundamentos
de Conservación Biológica - Perspectivas Latinamericanas. Fondo de la Cultura Económica,
México.
Student Projects:
Cortés
Donoso, E. (2006). Ecoturismo como
herramienta para el autofinanciamiento de la Fundación Omora. Memoria de Título.
Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas. Escuela de Agronomía. Universidad de Chile.
94 pp
García de la Huerta Sutil, E.
(2005). Fragmento y análisis crítico del texto: “Fundamentos de conservación
Biológica: perspectivas latinoamericanas. Informe Práctica, Programa de
Ecoturismo, Universidad Andrés Bello. Santiago de Chile.
Schuettler, E., U.
Berghoefer, K. Jax & R. Rozzi (2005). The American mink (Mustela vison): Understanding a new
exotic species on Navarino Island, southern Chile. Proceedings of the
Ecological Society (GFÖ). Germany.
Dunn,
B., P. Sewell, R. Rozzi, K. Jax & I. Klaver (2005). Transcending the
ecocentric-anthropocentric dichotomy through the ecosystem approach: Insights
from the Cape Horn Archipelago Region. Diversitas Conference, Oaxaca, México.
November 9-12.
Ippi,
S. J. Moreno, S. Morino & R.A. Vásquez (2005). Biología reprodutiva del
chercán (Troglodytes musculus) en
la isla grande de Chiloé. VIII Congreso Chileno de Ornitología, Chillán,
Chile. October 19-22.
Schuettler,
E., R. Rozzi & K. Jax (2005). Estudiar el visón en la isla Navarino.
Biokonchil Seminar. Puerto Williams. August.
Schuettler, E.,
R. Rozzi & K. Jax (2005). Las especies exóticas en la isla Navarino:
Conocer el castor y el visón. Biokonchil Seminar. Puerto Williams. August.
Griffith,
C.R. (2005). The effect of North American beaver (Castor canadensis) along sub-Antarctic forested streams in the
Tierra del Fuego/Cape Horn region of Chile.
Undergraduate Honors Thesis.
Dr. Amy D. Rosemond – advisor.
Institute of Ecology, Univeristy of Georgia, Athens GA. 56 pp.
Haider, S. (2005). The
application of environmental ethics in biological conservation: The beaver (Castor canadensis) as an exotic
species on Navarino Island, Chile. Dr.
Kurt Jax – advisor. Technical
University of Munich and UFZ – Centre for Environmental Research
Leipzig-Halle, Germany. Poster.
Ippi,
S., R. Rozzi, J.C. Aravena, D. Christie, A. Gutiérrez & W. Buck (2004).
Diversidad y cobertura de musgos, hepáticas y líquenes epífitos en tres
especies de Nothofagus en bosques
subantárticos de Cabo de Hornos. II Congreso Binacional de Ecología –
Chile/Argentina. Mendoza, Argentina. November 1-5.
Courses
and training offered by Omora:
·
The Omora
Workshop is an elective course in the Puerto Williams
Elementary School that
has been carried out since 2000.
·
2007-2008: “The miniatura forests of Cape Horn.”
Coordinators: Ximena Arango and Melissa Gañan.
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2006-2007: "Ethno-ecology of the Robalo
Watershed”. Coordinators: Ximena Arango, Tomás Ibarra and Melissa Gañana.
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2005-2006: "The impact of invasive mink
on wetland birds and the importance of wetlands on Navarino Island.” Puerto
Williams Elementary School 2005-2006.
Coordinator: José Tomás Ibarra, master’s student, Universidad Católica
de Chile. Supported by the Fund for Environmental Protection of the National
Environmental Commission, Fund for Environmental Protection.
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2004-2005: "Ethno-ornithology of the
austral temperate forests," coordinated with the Senda Darwin Foundation
on Chiloé Island and Puerto Williams
Elementary School. For more information check out Explora or the official of the Senda
Darwin Foundation (Spanish only).
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2003-2004: “The micro-biodiversity of Cape Horn.” Puerto
Williams Elementary
School.
Coordinators: Margaret Sherriffs and Silvina Ippi. Financed by: Explora-CONICYT. For more
information, see the summaries from
the Regional Science Fair or an Omora
Park poster.
·
Omora works closely with the University of Magallanes
in Punta Arenas
in the areas of research and education.
In particular a strong link has been developed with the Masters in
Sub-Antarctic Marine Resource Management with the Department of Natural
Sciences and Resources. Various
masters projects are currently being carried out on Isla Navarino by UMAG
students, including a genetic study of kelp forests (Mycrocystis pyrifera) and a project looking at the role of
Magellanic woodpeckers (Camephilus
magellanicus) in the world’s most austral forests. For more information on the UMAG’s masters
program, contact Dr.
Andrés Mansilla or visit www.umag.cl
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With the ecotourism department of the Andrés Bello University
in Santiago,
Omora is developing internships for ecotourism majors in the Omora Park.
Please contact Mitzi Acevedo if
you are interested in participating.
·
Southern South American Bryology (January
2003) taught by Dr. Bernard Goffinet,
Dr. Bill Buck and Dr. Shaun Russell.
·
Conference on Biocultural Conservation and Environmental Ethics in the Chilean
Sub-Antarctic Region (2002), co-sponsored with the Chilean Antarctic
Provincial Government and the University
of Magallanes
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Workshop on Teaching Schoolyard Ecology (2002)
co-sponsored with AVINA and the National Audubon Society
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Ecotourism
and Ecology (2002), co-sponsored with the Chilean Corporation for Indigenous
Development
·
Environmental
Ethics and Biocultural Conservation (2001 & 2002), offered through
the University of Magallanes,
Chile
Omora
Scholarships:
In November 2001 the Omora Foundation
awarded the first Omora Scholarships to Franco Gómez Torres and Cristobol
Raín. The scholarship provided funds for the students to complete internships
in the Omora Park during their summer vacations.
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