Valeria Falabella is a director at the Wildlife Conservation Society.
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Valeria Falabella is the director of coastal marine conservation at Wildlife Conservation Society, Argentina. A marine biologist with over two decades of experience, she leads a team dedicated to designing and promoting conservation strategies in the Patagonian Sea. She has worked on marine mammal ecology, physiology, diving behavior, and spatial analysis.
Falabella has experience identifying priority conservation areas through the integration and analysis of geo-referenced data, designing marine protected areas (MPAs), creating strategies for the effective implementation of MPAs, and advocating for the creation of new MPAs. She is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.External
El Agujero Azul, Una Oportunidad de Cuidar Nuestro Mar
La Nacion | November | 2024
Falabella writes in favor of a draft law for the creation of Benthic Marine Protected Area in the Blue Hole, a key area for biodiversity in the Patagonian Sea.
La Nacion | October | 2023
“The decision to protect this valuable and vulnerable area of the Argentine Sea is in the hands of the Senate.” So Falabella writes as the Argentine Senate weighs whether or not to make the Blue Hole a protected area.
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Co-authors: Marcela M. Uhart, Ralph E.T. Vanstreels, Martha I. Nelson, Valeria Olivera, Julieta Campagna, Victoria Zavattieri, Philippe Lemey, Claudio Campagna and Agustina Rimondi | Nature Communications | November | 2024
H5N1 high pathogenicity avian influenza virus has killed thousands of marine mammals in South America since 2022. The authors report epidemiological data and full genome characterization of clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 HPAI viruses associated with a massive outbreak in southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) at Península Valdés, Argentina, in October 2023.
Especies y Espacios
Co-authors: Claudio Campagna and John Croxall | Wildlife Conservation Society | August | 2009
An atlas showing the species that inhabit the Patagonian Sea.
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Feature | September | 2024
Valeria Falabella speaks at a plenary assembly about the environment and conserving the marine coast.
