Claudio Campagna is a senior marine conservation consultant for the Wildlife Conservation Society.
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Claudio Campagna is a conservation researcher with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC). He has an MD from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a PhD in Biology from UCSC.
Campagna has worked in Patagonia since the 1980s as a field conservationist and scientist. He publishes widely in scientific and popular literature and has served on multiple marine conservation committees and specialist groups. He funded the Forum of NGOs for the conservation of the Patagonian Sea and has been serving in steering committees of conservation organizations such as the Species Survival Commission of the IUCN.External
Why the Tide Is Shifting Towards Marine Conservation
Gulf News | September | 2018
Campagna observes that popular interest in protecting marine environments has gained momentum. He describes how considerable gains in sea conservation have been made in Argentina, for example.
Co-authors: Jeremy Hance | Mongabay | September | 2011
Campagna describes the various steps he and his colleagues have taken to conserve the Patagonia Sea. All kinds of approaches have helped reinforce their project, from the names they give to the sea, to the technological tools they employ, to creating strong networks and organizations.
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Co-authors: Richard Condit, Mariano A. Ferrari, Julieta Campagna, Elena B. Eder, Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels, Marcela M. Uhart, Valeria Falabella and Mirtha N. Lewis | Marine Mammal Science | April | 2025
Researchers assess the likely impact of the epidemic of the High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza H5N1 virus on a population of southern elephant seals at Península Valdés in 2023. Although the colony grew by 0.9 percent between 2000 and 2022, mortality caused by the epidemic has reduced the population so severely it will take decades for numbers to grow back to 2022 levels.
Co-authors: Valeria Falabella, Pablo Filippo and Daniela Alemany | Springer Publishing | November | 2024
In this chapter of The Patagonian Shelfbreak Front, the authors discuss species conservation in the temperate Extended Shelf System (ESS) of the SW Atlantic, an area the size of the Mediterranean Sea.
Co-authors: Marcela M. Uhart, Victoria Zavattieri, Julieta Campagna, Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels and Mirtha N. Lewis | Marine Mammal Science | December | 2023
In South America, from the first detection of HPAI H5N1 virus in October 2022 to November 2023, over 50,000 mammal deaths were reported across at least ten species. The species with the highest reported mortalities included South American sea lions and southern elephant seals. The authors present research examining the mortalities.
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Springer | June | 2021
Fur seals, sea lions and walruses, otherwise known as Otariidae and Odobenidae are the subject of this book.
Tales of Ocean Fragility
Co-authors: Julie Griffin, Andrew Hurd, Nicholas Pilcher and Yvonne Sadovy de Mitcheson | IUCN | March | 2009
Twelve beautifully illustrated stories highlight important issues in marine conservation. Each tale focuses on a particular ocean animal and its environment. Together, they show the strangeness and diversity of ocean life, and also the factors threatening its survival. The book challenges us to find a variety of ways to conserve these wondrous marine creatures.
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Interview | April | 2017
Claudio Campagna came into the KZSC Radio Studio, April 5, 2017 to talk about the 2017 event Ethics and Language of Conservation, What is Lost When a Species Goes Extinct?
Interview | June | 2014
Aquatic Mammals Journal launched a series titled Historical Perspectives in which respected scientists provided written essays of their perspectives fields related to marine mammal studies. Each author was also interviewed for a DVD record and this is the interview featuring Campagna.
Feature | March | 2012
Claudio Campagna shares his experiences as a field conservationist in one of the most pristine marine environments on Earth: the Patagonian Coast.
He tells stories of the creatures who inhabit this little-known ecosystem: southern elephant seals, magellanic penguins, South American sea lions, and black-browed albatross.
Caleb McClennen talks about the Wildlife Conservation Society’s work to preserve the oceans, and he invites Google staffers to participate in conservation field work at their research station at Glover’s Reef in Belize.
