campusnaturaleza@udec.cl
Edmundo Larenas #120, Concepción, Chile
Campus Naturaleza UdeC
The University of Concepción conceived from the boldness of its founders, opened much more than a higher education institution; it created a new space directed towards the community. The estate of La Cantera and El Guindo, located in the hilly and ravine areas surrounding its heritage campus, possess environmental significance that the Campus Naturaleza project aims to protect and highlight for the community of Concepción.
Campus Naturaleza proposes a new way of interaction between humans and nature, based on the conservation of areas with high biodiversity value, scientific research, and human well- being, transforming it into a biocultural legacy for the community of Concepción, the country, and the planet.
About Campus Naturaleza UdeC
This is the organizational model of the Campus Naturaleza project at the University of Concepción, which includes the following entities:
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Director board: composed of two members of the University's board of directors and two representatives from the Academic Council. Currently, this role is held by Claudio Rocuant Castro, Pedro Ramírez Glade, Eugenio Sanfuentes Von Stowasser, and Roberto Urrutia Pérez.
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Technical Team : composed of the institutional sponsor, technical director, and technical team of the project.
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Advisory Units: Committee Technical Advisory and Council Joint Advisory.
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Support board: composed of different departments and units of the University. This area includes the Fundraising unit, led by Ximena Clark Núñez, as well as the Global Partnership Adviser, Camila Iturra. In addition, the International Strategic Commission is also noteworthy Sara Oldfield, Kathleen Wolf y Mike Mounder
Campus Naturaleza University of Concepción is a conservation and restoration project for areas with a high biodiversity value, located just minutes from its central campus. One of the missions of this unprecedented initiative in our country, is to protect endangered species, aquatic ecosystems, and one of the last remnants of deciduous forests of Concepción that still exist in the area. These are unique and irreplaceable transitional forests between the ecosystems of the central and southern regions of the country.
Through Campus Naturaleza University of Concepcion is making a new commitment, not only to its institutional work, but also to the community. This project seeks to create a new space for dissemination, learning and recreation, based on science as its cornerstone, and proposes a new way of interacting with nature, allowing people to experience the benefits of contact with it