LeonelRoget
Naturalist and social educator. I work at the intersection of the cultural and the natural.
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
About
I am a naturalist and social educator. I have worked at the intersection of nature and culture for more than 15 years.
I launched and led ArgentiNat, Argentina's iNaturalist node, a citizen science platform developed within Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina.
I gave or took part in more than 50 workshops, talks, conferences and trainings across Argentina, for scientists, students, volunteers and park rangers.
In 2011 I founded COA Carancho, a group of volunteers who watch birds in Palermo, Buenos Aires.
I am a co-creator of Bioma, an art project: screen-printed posters of Argentina's ecoregions.
Purpose: to enrich people's lives through natural history: to show that there is a wonderful world next to us and to widen the way we look at it. Vision: to work at the intersection of nature and culture (tourism, art and social sciences), with experience at the center.
Projects
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ArgentiNat
Argentina's node of iNaturalist, a citizen science platform: anyone records what they see and the community identifies it. I launched it in November 2019 and led it. It was developed within Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina.
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Bioma
An art project with Juan Elizalde and Gonzalo Roget. We are interested in artistic and graphic representations of nature, and we wanted to move a little away from hyperrealism. Each poster is illustrated by an artist from Argentina and represents one ecoregion. We screen-print 50 copies of each, printed by hand. It is a way of reclaiming craft. We want to bring nature closer to people who like art, and the other way around.
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COA Carancho
A COA is a bird-watching club. This one is a group of volunteers who watch birds in Palermo, Buenos Aires, and also plant native trees, run bird censuses and give talks. I founded it in 2011, coordinated it from 2013 to 2015 and was part of it until 2020.
News
Upcoming activities and the latest talks and workshops.
- 29 Oct 2026Urban Biodiversity WorkshopPredio Tren de la Costa, Lasalle 600, San Isidro. In person and free. Organized by UNSO Sostenible, Universidad Nacional Raúl Scalabrini Ortiz. Topics: landscape evolution, flora, fauna and fungi. Post.
- Mar 2024Earth HourPresenter at "Connecting with Earth: One Planet, Many Voices", a WWF staff event ahead of the campaign. Also a citizen science session in a global education webinar (22 March) and a nature interpretation walk in Vicente López (23 March).
- 25–28 Apr 2023VII National Congress on Biodiversity ConservationPuerto Iguazú, Misiones. Speaker: "Mapeando la biodiversidad de forma colaborativa" (mapping biodiversity collaboratively). Congress website.
- 5 Nov 20226th Ave EncuentroPueblo General Belgrano, Entre Ríos. Talk: "Ciencia ciudadana: pasión, ciencia y educación" (citizen science: passion, science and education).
Background
From a bird-watching club in Palermo to a national citizen science platform.
- 2013–2026Fundación Vida Silvestre ArgentinaI was part of this Argentine nature conservation organization between 2013 and 2026.
- Nov 2019ArgentiNatLaunched ArgentiNat, Argentina's iNaturalist node, developed within Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina.
- 2011–2020COA CaranchoFounded the Palermo bird-watching club (then COA Palermo), part of the Aves Argentinas network, and coordinated it from 2013 to 2015. I was part of it until 2020.
Field expeditions
A selection of field expeditions. There are many more: these are only a few. Each one has its own iNaturalist project with everything we recorded.
- 2024Stereos del IberáAnother trip to the Iberá wetlands.
- 2023JaaukanigamsThe Gams, part 2.
- 2023The GamsArgentiNat summit in Santa Fe's wooded wedge.
- 2023El Garrapatal: Las YungasEl Rey and Calilegua national parks.
- 2022PunaA trip through the puna, with a little of the yungas.
- 2021Jaaukanigás + Mar de AnsenuzaSanta Fe and Córdoba.
- 2020EclipseFrom Buenos Aires to Río Negro, following the 14 December eclipse.
- 2019La RiojaA trip through La Rioja province.
- 2012Taller de campo EANMartín García Island, the first time.
Contact
For trainings, citizen science projects and socio-environmental education work.