Blog 8: A subject you enjoyed studying this semester

 

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Management of protected wild areas!!! ☁☁

 I really like everything about the environment, this subject is one of my favorites. I also really like everything about environmental management. 

I took a similar course before, called Integrated coastal zone management (Gestion Integrada de Zonas Costeras, GIZC) and it was a wonderful experience as well. 

First, we learned all the basics about definitions and concepts, for example: we were able to understand what protected areas are and why it should be protected, the importance of biodiversity, to conserve, to protect, to prevent and to restore if possible. 

Then we learned about the history of Protected Areas in Chile for almost 2 centuries, the bases on which they were founded and the different approaches (that was very hard for me). We have seen international cases, but above all national cases of importance for national and global biodiversity. During this period we had to read several texts, in English and Spanish :) I really like that, because in this way we can broaden our knowledge and learn about other perspectives. 

Then the teacher explains us about many of the institutions, international treaties, articles of the current Chilean constitution, etc. that support the protection of protected areas. During this period we discussed a lot about particular cases, about examples in the application of learned concepts.

We learned that Chile may not be an important biodiversity case like the tropical regions, but it is important because of the many endemic and unique species found there. Also that in the central part of the country where there should be more protected areas around is where there are less and at the same time are the most threatened by interventions and urbanization… So there is a lot of work to do! C: 

Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park, the oldest park founded in 1926 in Chile and one of the most visited in the country. There you can find the waterfalls on the Rio Petrohué and Lago Todos los Santos.

Blog 7: A Career-Related Website OR an Expert in Your Field

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It is time to talk about the website that I really like.

It's time to talk about a website that I like. I must say that it is difficult for me to decide for only one geography website, since it has too wide studies, I usually use multiple sources of information.  

The one I present today is called Observatorio geográfico de América Latina (http://observatoriogeograficoamericalatina.org.mx/index.html), in it you will find access to a variety of information about geography associations in Latam countries, glossaries made by professionals, research, publications and more. Maybe I don't use it muchh nowadays, but in the first years of study I consulted it a lot when I could and it helped me to get closer to geography. I was able to understand the way geography works.

I usually need to know specific information, that's what I like... but it must come from official and serious sources, so I usually use websites like:

-United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP (https://www.unep.org/es )

-Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (https://aida-americas.org/es)

Anyway, I hadn't noticed this before, how I've changed muy sources of information and I think it was difficult... It got me thinkging... hahahah 😅

Thank you for reading my post, enjoy your week :)

Blog 6: How Can My Major/Career Make the World a Better Place

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There are many ways in which geography contributes to knowledge, societies and lifestyles, as it is a broadly educated career. We study all kinds of processes at various spatial and temporal scales in order to propose measures and solutions to problems.

In this sense, there are many specialties in various topics, some examples are migratory processes, natural disasters, environmental protection, economies of scale, cultural aspects, medical geography, etc., this last specialty has taken importance lately because of the pandemic.

Personally, I really like studying about the environment, so sometimes I do it in my free time. But it is not only about knowledge, I value the ways of working that I have learned, because I think it is appropriate to work interdisciplinary, to do the environmental protection management projects together with other professionals and valuing the local knowledge of communities that inhabit the place of study, since it is necessary to know its history, to know the ecosystem and the actors. Today the global warming is at critical levels, it is necessary to act to protect all the flora and fauna of the earth and avoid a severe economic crisis that could seriously affect the most vulnerable population.

I also think that when I have to work in management I will have to face difficulties associated with all kinds of volitions and interests, private, public, political... So I think I will have a challenging job in this sense as soon as I finish my studies. I hope that the constituent process will be a significant advance, even if it takes years.

Communities and environment.

Thank you for taking the time to read my experience and have a great week :)