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Martha Rojas Urrego

Martha Rojas Urrego is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Martha Rojas Urrego rather than just read about it. In short: Martha Rojas Urrego is a biologist, ecologist and humanitarian, gender and environmental advocate. She is a Colombian and French national.

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Reference excerpt

Martha Rojas Urrego is a biologist, ecologist and humanitarian, gender and environmental advocate. She is a Colombian and French national. In August 2016 she was appointed as the Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. Previously she was Head of Global Advocacy and Acting Deputy Secretary General at humanitarian organization CARE International.

Life and work Martha Rojas Urrego has a bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Los Andes, Colombia. She also studied at the University of Montpellier, France, where she obtained a Specialized Higher Studies Diploma (DESS) in Ecology and Management of Natural Environment. She also holds a Master of Science in Geography from the University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom. As Executive Director of the National Park Service in Colombia, she led policy development, planning and management of the 42 protected areas of National Parks System. In 1994 she worked on the transformation of Colombia's National Institute of Renewable Natural Resources and Environment (INDERENA) into the Ministry of Environment. Later in 1994 she moved to Switzerland to work as Biodiversity Policy Advisor at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In 2002 she was named Head of IUCN's Global Policy Unit and for seven years she oversaw development of IUCN global policy strategies in biodiversity, climate change, energy, poverty and trade and financing for development. She led the Union's engagement with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Bank, the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and the Inter-American Development Bank. She joined CARE International, a humanitarian organization, in 2009 as Head of Global Advocacy. She led local to global policy work on poverty-fighting development and humanitarian aid with a strong focus on gender equality and women's empowerment. She managed CARE's representation to the United Nations in New York and European Union in Brussels. As Acting Deputy Secretary General she managed the governance functions of CARE International, a confederation of 14 independent member organisations working together to end poverty in more than 80 countries, which directly reached 83 million people in 2012. In August 2016 she was appointed as the Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. She provides leadership for the further implementation of the Convention by 169 Contracting Parties. In 2023, Urrego started her role as Executive Secretary of the International Whaling Commission.

Other activities IUCN Commission of Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy, Member IUCN European Union Policy Advisory Group (EUPAG), Co-Chair IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, Member

Selected publications Opinion piece, Mother Nature vs. Climate Change, by Martha Rojas Urrego, Secretary-General of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, and Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), 2016 Advocacy, People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, and Partnerships, CARE International, 2015

References

“Martha Rojas Urrego begins her tenure as Sixth Secretary General”. Ramsar Convention. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

External links Martha Rojas Urrego on X Ramsar Convention on Wetlands official website

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Martha Rojas Urrego

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Martha Rojas Urrego claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Martha Rojas Urrego before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Martha Rojas Urrego ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Martha Rojas Urrego

In research: Martha Rojas Urrego appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Martha Rojas Urrego in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Martha Rojas Urrego is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Colombian women biologists, French biologists, French ecologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Martha Rojas Urrego outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Martha Rojas Urrego in simple terms?

Martha Rojas Urrego is a biologist, ecologist and humanitarian, gender and environmental advocate. She is a Colombian and French national.

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Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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