Conservation
"Las interacciones entre especies son el principal proceso por el que se sostienen los ecosistemas naturales y, aunque son difíciles de cuantificar, deberían ser el centro de los esfuerzos de conservación" (G.M. 2018)
"Species interactions are the main process by which natural ecosystems are sustained, and although difficult to quantify, they should be the focus of conservation efforts" (G.M. 2018)
Compartir el conocimiento
A medida que se comprende la complejidad de los sistemas naturales, queda más claro que la pérdida de diversidad no consiste sólo en la desaparición de una especie tras otra, sino también en la pérdida de interacciones entre especies. Es probable que estas interacciones sean más susceptibles a las presiones humanas y es posible que los vínculos entre especies estén tan especializados que se produzcan coextinciones.
Es esencial seguir avanzando en el camino de la conservación de los entornos naturales. Sin embargo, emprender acciones en pro de la conservación puede provocar la desazón de sentir que no se puede luchar estando solx. Por eso trato de adoptar una visión cooperativa de la humanidad y pongo mis esfuerzos de conservación en interactuar con otras comunidades y transmitir todo el conocimiento que puedo generar desde mi pequeño lugar. Ya que creo firmemente que si el conocimiento no se transmite no cumple su propósito de ser conocimiento.
Help knowledge to spread
As the complexity of natural systems is understood, it becomes clearer that the loss of diversity is not just the disappearance of one species after another but also the loss of interactions between species. These interactions are likely to be more susceptible to human pressures, and the linkages between species may be so specialized that co-extinctions occur.
It is essential to keep moving forward in the path of preserving natural environments. However, taking action for conservation can lead to the uneasiness of feeling that you can't fight them when you are alone. That's why I try to embrace a cooperative view of humanity and put my conservation efforts into interacting with other communities and transmitting all the knowledge I can generate from my small place. I firmly believe that if knowledge is not transmitted, it does not fulfill its purpose of being knowledge.
What do I do to contribute to conservation?
I write for a science divulgation magazine about the birds of northwestern Argentina.
The magazine was conceived and designed by naturalists, and it presents information about the environment, insects, and birds.
It is an educational proposal aimed at teachers, children, and teenagers. As such, it includes games, tales, music, poems, and educational activities on the field.
https://elpiojitosilbon.com.ar/
Cultural interchange
Together with Operation Wallacea and the research team working on Sani Reserve in 2022, we organized a presentation for cultural interchange with the local community in Sani Isla.
Ateneo cientifico
Space for the scientific divulgation of Research Groups and Projects in a public square.
Work in conservation projects (Trabajar en proyectos de conservación)
A huge part of conservation is to cooperate with other researchers together with the local communities that help to preserve the world we, as humans, inhabit.
Ecuador
In 2019 and 2022, I was lucky enough to be part of the Operation Wallacea (Opwall) team working in Ecuador.
Operation Wallacea is a biodiversity and climate research organisation (https://www.opwall.com/). As part of its work, it runs biodiversity field expeditions with a strong basis in interacting with local communities and making them part of the fieldwork and decisions on what information they would like us to generate that can help and contribute to the community.
Argentina
In 2022 I met the team of Seamos Bosques (https://www.seamosbosques.com.ar), an NGO based in Tucuman province with the goal of restoring the natural environment in a remaining portion of Austral Yungas Foothill forest. I am studying bird diversity and seasonality in the reserve while generating audiovisual documents that help them spread their voice on conservation. So far, the project have 182 bird species that encompass endemic bird species and new species records for the province.
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@seamosbosques26
IG: @seamosbosques
eBird HotSpot: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L17901638/media?yr=all&m=
Collaborate with citizen-science projects (Colaborar con proyectos de ciencia ciudadana)
eBird is a platform for real-time data collection to understand population trends and bird species distribution created by Cornell University.
From 2018 to the present, I have collaborated with the project by reviewing the observations uploaded to the platform for Salta and Tucuman provinces, Argentina.
Collaborate with colleagues to raise awareness of the importance of Ecotourism in conservation (Colaborar con colegas para resaltar la importancia del Ecoturismo en la conservación)
I have collaborated with a team of researchers and conservationists from Brazil to raise awareness about how Ecotourism can connect countries, local communities, and nature lovers to preserve environments across southern Latin America. Together we have published a work delineating the Bioceanic route for ecotourism from Brazil to Chile. After the publication of the work, the enthusiastic team from Brazil did the proposed route by car with a short stop to visit friends and share good birding.
WebPage: https://institutomamede.wixsite.com/institutomamede
Established and led a birdwatching club (Creación de club de observadores de aves)
Bird Club Sappho. Our logo is inspired by the Red-tailed comet (Sappho sparganurus)
Club de Observadores de Aves Sappho, nuestro logo está inspirado en el Picaflor Cometa (Sappho sparganurus)