Estela Nahuelpán Burgos

Estela Nahuelpán Burgos is a professor of Language and Communication and holds a Master's degree in Communication and Interculturality—an outstanding educational background that strengthens her communicative and cultural work. She is also a leader of the Mateo Nahuelpan Mapuche Community, an organisation that represents the defence and management of the ancestral territory they inhabit in Carahue.

She has played a key role in the nomination of the Monkul Wetland as a Ramsar Site—the first in the Araucanía region—leading collaborative work between academics, authorities, and local organisations for its environmental, cultural, and ecological protection.

This coastal wetland, located in Carahue and managed by the Mateo Nahuelpan Community, has remarkable biodiversity (more than 170 species of plants and 130 species of fauna) and is a leading biocultural refuge where Estela promotes community-based forms of conservation and environmental management, projecting her intercultural vision towards the protection of natural heritage.