Ricardo Rozzi is a Chilean ecologist (B.S. P. Catholic University of Chile; M.S. University of Chile; Ph.D. University of Connecticut, USA), and philosopher (MA University of Connecticut, USA). His research has focused on the integration of diverse forms in which human cultures know and inhabit the natural world. He coined three interrelated concepts: biocultural homogenization, biocultural conservation, and biocultural ethics. His biocultural ethic proposes a “3Hs” conceptual framework to value the vital links among specific life Habits of human and other-than-human co-in-Habitants that share a common Habitat. To integrate the biocultural ethic’s theory and research in practices of biocultural conservation and education, he created the Field Environmental Philosophy methodology with applications into sustainable tourism.
Dr. Rozzi is Professor at the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Texas, and Vice-President of the Center for Environmental Philosophy in the U.S.A. In Chile at the University of Magallanes, where he is also President of and Principal Investigator at the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB-Chile). Based in these institutions, he is the director of the Omora Ethnobotanical Park (Chile) and the Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program (USA and Chile).
Rozzi’s work integrating ecology and ethics in biocultural conservation has been widely known for its originality and innovation meriting numerous national and international awards.
Selected Awards on Research and Education:
• 2021 Fellow Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany. https://www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news/news_events/2020-news/may-2021-cohort/index.html
• 2020 Premio Estrecho de Magallanes a La Innovación y Exploración con Impacto Global. Imagen de Chile, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 2019 Eugene P. Odum Award for Excellence in Ecology Education. Ecological Society of America: https://www.esa.org/esa/ecological-society-of-america-announces-2019-award-recipients/
• 2019 Ocean Awards. For the Diego Ramirez-Drake Passage Marine Park, Special Award to R. Rozzi and the team of Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program. BOAT International and Blue Marine Foundation’s Ocean Awards: https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/ocean-awards/the-ocean-awards-2019--40373/frame-8
• 2018 CLASS Advisory Board Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship, or Creative Activity, College of Liberal Arts & Social Scienes (CLASS), University of North Texas. Denton, TX: https://class.unt.edu/faculty-resources/class-advisory-board-faculty-awards/class-advisory-board-award-excellence-research
• 2017 Enrique Beltran Prize for the Conservation of Natural Resources of the Wildlife Society of Mexico in conjunction with the International Council on Natural Resources and Wildlife: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZrKLyAKzeY
• 2014 University of North Texas, Award for Research Excellence, College of Arts and Sciences
• 2010 Raanan Weitz Center Prize for Development Studies, Israel
• 2009 Citation for Distinguished Service to International Education, University of North Texas, USA
• 2008 Science and the Practice of Ecology and Society Award, Given by the journal Ecology and Society, Resilience Alliance, Sweden: http://rs.resalliance.org/tag/ricardo-rozzi/
• 2008 Sustainable Living Prize, Fundacion Casa de la Paz at the Economic Commission for Latin America, CEPAL, Chile
• 2006 Medaglia d’Oro (Gold Medal) Padovani nel Mondo, for outstanding work on biocultural conservation in southern Chile and Latin America. Camera di Commercio di Padova, Italy
• 2004 BBVA World Prize for Research in Conservation Biology awarded to the research team of the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, BBVA Foundation, Spain
• 2004 National Prize in Science Education and Communication, Explora-CONICYT, Chile
• 2001 Conservation and Biodiversity Award, University of Connecticut, USA