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Marine Conservation Director
In her first 10 years as Marine Biologist, Valeria Falabella worked on marine mammal’s research, ecology and diving behavior. During four years (1999-2003) her work was focused on scientific transference as the Scientific Coordinator at the EcoCentro Museum, in Patagonia. Since 2004, she works on marine conservation as the Assistant Director of the Sea and Sky Project. She manages the marine GIS database of WCS-Sea and Sky in order to identify priority oceanic areas and design spatial conservation tools for the management and conservation of the Patagonian Sea Ecosystem biodiversity. The main goal is the establishment of management plan for the Patagonian Sea, including MPA and a network of areas under special management regimes. She is also a member of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA).
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Valeria Falabella
Marine Conservation Director
In her first 10 years as Marine Biologist, Valeria Falabella worked on marine mammal’s research, ecology and diving behavior. During four years (1999-2003) her work was focused on scientific transference as the Scientific Coordinator at the EcoCentro Museum, in Patagonia. Since 2004, she works on marine conservation as the Assistant Director of the Sea and Sky Project. She manages the marine GIS database of WCS-Sea and Sky in order to identify priority oceanic areas and design spatial conservation tools for the management and conservation of the Patagonian Sea Ecosystem biodiversity. The main goal is the establishment of management plan for the Patagonian Sea, including MPA and a network of areas under special management regimes. She is also a member of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA).
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Graphic Design Producer and Content Creator
Biologist from the University of Rio Cuarto, Argentina. During her early career, she worked in projects on the ecology and behavior of reptiles and amphibians. She also taught Ecology and Zoology of Invertebrates. In the late 1990s, she moved to coastal Patagonia, where she conducted research on the reproductive biology of marine invertebrates, especially sea stars. She also participated in research projects on southern elephant seals, collaborating with the field work and data analysis. Victoria has developed skills in scientific illustration and graphic design, which contributed to numerous publications, presentations and websites. She has illustrated the Patagonia’s singular wildlife with a distinctive style that incorporates humor to engage and educate people on scientific and conservation principles.
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Victoria Zavattieri
Graphic Design Producer and Content Creator
Biologist from the University of Rio Cuarto, Argentina. During her early career, she worked in projects on the ecology and behavior of reptiles and amphibians. She also taught Ecology and Zoology of Invertebrates. In the late 1990s, she moved to coastal Patagonia, where she conducted research on the reproductive biology of marine invertebrates, especially sea stars. She also participated in research projects on southern elephant seals, collaborating with the field work and data analysis. Victoria has developed skills in scientific illustration and graphic design, which contributed to numerous publications, presentations and websites. She has illustrated the Patagonia’s singular wildlife with a distinctive style that incorporates humor to engage and educate people on scientific and conservation principles.
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Senior Conservacionist
Graduated as a veterinarian in the Buenos Aires University, is also a wildlife artist and writer. Based at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s field station at Golfo San José, on the coast of Patagonia between 1981 and 1991 writing and illustrating field guides on local wildlife. On staff with WCS since 1992, was named WCS Country Director for Argentina in 2000. Directed projects funded by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) aimed at strengthening management and wildlife conservation on the coast of Patagonia from 1993 to 2014. These projects were instrumental in the reduction of oiling of Magellanic penguins at sea and in the creation of the first marine park in Argentina, a 1,100 square kilometer coastal marine protected in the north of Golfo San Jorge, in 2009. Author of Princeton's "Guide to the birds and mammals of coastal Patagonia" and co-author of Acindar's two tome "Nueva Guía de Aves Argentinas". Harris received the Bay and Paul Biodiversity Leadership award in 2005 and WCS’s Conway Fellowship award in 2008.
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Guillermo Harris
Senior Conservacionist
Graduated as a veterinarian in the Buenos Aires University, is also a wildlife artist and writer. Based at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s field station at Golfo San José, on the coast of Patagonia between 1981 and 1991 writing and illustrating field guides on local wildlife. On staff with WCS since 1992, was named WCS Country Director for Argentina in 2000. Directed projects funded by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) aimed at strengthening management and wildlife conservation on the coast of Patagonia from 1993 to 2014. These projects were instrumental in the reduction of oiling of Magellanic penguins at sea and in the creation of the first marine park in Argentina, a 1,100 square kilometer coastal marine protected in the north of Golfo San Jorge, in 2009. Author of Princeton's "Guide to the birds and mammals of coastal Patagonia" and co-author of Acindar's two tome "Nueva Guía de Aves Argentinas". Harris received the Bay and Paul Biodiversity Leadership award in 2005 and WCS’s Conway Fellowship award in 2008.
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