Patricia Veronica Ortúzar is a polar scientist with the Direccion Nacional del Antartico in Argentina.[1] She is the head of the Environment Management and Tourism Program of the Direccion Nacional del Antartico.[2] She is the vice chair of the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP) within the Antarctic Treaty System.[3]
Patricia Ortúzar | |
|---|---|
 Patricia Ortúzar at Brown Station | |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Alma mater | Universidad de Buenos Aires |
| Organization(s) | Direccion Nacional del Antartico Committee for Environmental Protection |
Early life and education
editOrtúzar obtained her degree in Geography from Universidad de Buenos Aires in 2001, during which she had a semester scholarship at University of Liverpool.[citation needed]
Career and impact
editOrtúzar works alongside policy makers with matters regarding the protection of the Antarctic environment and the regulation of Antarctic tourism.[1][2][4] She implements and enforces these policies within the Argentine Antarctic Program, conducting seminars and education programs for all personnel traveling to Antarctica, evaluating environmental impact assessments and monitoring tourism activities.
Ortúzar represents Argentina in international forums such as Reunion de Administradores de Programas Antarticos Latinoamericanos[5] (RAPAL) which is a meeting of Latin American Managers of Antarctic Programs and Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings (ATCM).[6] Ortúzar's contributions to the protection of the Antarctic environment are many, from participating in the Editorial Group for the Antarctic Environments Portal[7] to co-authoring a chapter on the Protection of the Antarctic Environment for the children's education resource titled 'Antartida educa'.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Sobre la DNA" [About the National Antarctic Institute]. dna.gob.ar. Dirección Nacional del Antártico Instituto Antártico Argentino. Archived from the original on 2016-07-08. Retrieved 2016-07-04.
- ^ a b "Antártida: ¿Cómo cuidamos el laboratorio del mundo?" [Antarctica: How to care for the laboratory of the world?]. defonline.com.ar. DEF. February 2015. Retrieved 2016-07-04.
- ^ "Autoridades y contactos" [Authorities and Members]. www.ats.aq. Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty. Archived from the original on 2017-12-07. Retrieved 2016-07-04.
- ^ "Argentina Pre-season Information". www.argom.org. Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-07-04.
- ^ "Contacts - Coordinador" (PDF). buenosaires.gob.ar. RAPAL. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
- ^ "ATCM / CEP Contact Points". www.ats.aq. Archived from the original on 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2016-07-04.
- ^ Ortuzar (April 2015). "Antarctic Environments Portal: Project completion and next steps" (PDF). Portal.
- ^ "Antartida educa" (PDF). Embajada de España en Argentina. 2008.