Rodrigo Cybis Fontana

Geologist graduated at the Geosciences Institute of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (IGeo-UFRGS/2013), Brazil, and Master of Geosciences by the Geosciences Postgraduate Program of UFRGS (PPGGeo-UFRGS/2015). Currently linked to the PhD program in Geosciences of the PPGGeo-UFRGS and Master on Sustainable Development of the Latin American Forum of Environmental Sciences (FLACAM - UNITWIN/UNESCO Chair), Argentina. Develops pioneering research in the geology of Rio Grande do Sul on the geodiversity, geoheritage, geoparks, geoconservation and place-based geoeducation areas. Colaborator, since the year of 2008, at the Urban Environmental Laboratory of Intelligence (LIAU) project, which is developed under an agreement between UFRGS and the Municipal Education Secretariat of Porto Alegre Municipality (SMED-PMPA) since 1999. The LIAU project has been implemented in 32 municipal schools for 2017, aims to develop the themes of Earth and sustainability based on geology and uses the Environmental Atlas of Porto Alegre and the surrounding school environment as learning tools. Author of the project Geological Itineraries of Porto Alegre (IGPOA), developed as a course conclusion monograph (2012, academic praise 1st place at Igeo-UFRGS; one of the 3 monographs in the geodiversity area defended at Igeo-UFRGS by 2018) and master dissertation (2015, one of the 8 dissertations in the geodiversity area defended in RS until 2016 and the only one in PPGGeo-UFRGS until 2018). From 2014 to 2017, IGPOA were part of the Porto Alegre City Hall's education policy, as part of the annual teacher training course of the Municipal Education Network. The IGPOA are understood as a social geoeducation technology for teaching and learning geology through the direct contact of citizens with the landscape. It aims to expand and qualify local knowledge and the sense of belonging to the place, thus contributing to the cultural spheres of Integrated Environmental Management and the socially based sustainability of the territory. Since 2015, he has been developing his PhD on UNESCO Global Geoparks as a geoscientific contribution to sustainable development in the 21st century, emphasizing Participatory Environmental Design as a fundamental methodology for the creation of geoparks sustainable over time. Among the topics covered in the doctoral thesis are those referring to the international parameters of institutionalization of the geodiversity paradigm as a new geoscientific area, as well as those related to the analysis of qualitative and quantitative parameters used by UNESCO for the evaluation of applications for the UNESCO Global Geopark title. Having an area of doctoral study in the Eastern Andes Cordillera, emphasis is given to the constitution of geoparks in the Latin American context, proposing methodologies and processes specific to the region, distinct from those of Europe and East Asia. Member of the Technical-Scientific Team of the Andean Torotoro Geopark Project (Potosí / Bolivia), which reached the official status of UNESCO aspiring geopark in 2020, being one of the 20 projects in the world with such status for the year. His performance stands out mainly in the areas of geodiversity and geoheritage, geoeducation programs, general geology and geological mapping, as well as in participatory and citizen environmental design and local sustainable development. International experience in progress, from 2015 to the present, the work on the project enabled the auxiliary coordination of project-related activities, including the Torotoro Geopark Design Workshop in the Eastern Andes of Bolivia (La Paz / Bolivia, 2015); three editions of the International Geopark Design Course (Cochabamba / Bolivia, 2015, 2016 and 2017); the Seminar Building the Torotoro Andean Geopark Integral Management Plan (Cochabamba / Bolivia, 2018); and four international scientific expeditions in the geopark area (Torotoro / Bolivia, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018).

Geólogo pelo Instituto de Geociências da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (IGeo-UFRGS/2013), Brasil. Mestre em Geociências pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geociências da UFRGS (PPGGeo-UFRGS/2015). Doutorado em Geociências cursado de 2015 a 2020 e interrompido (PPGeo-UFRGS). Atualmente, vinculado ao Curso de Mestrado em Desenvolvimento Sustentável pelo Foro Latino-Americano de Ciências Ambientais (FLACAM - Cátedra Unesco), da Universidade Nacional de Lanús (UNLa), Argentina. Desenvolve pesquisas de forma pioneira na geologia brasileira nas áreas da geodiversidade, geopatrimônio, geoparques, geoconservação e geoeducação com base no lugar. Colaborador desde 2008 do Laboratório de Inteligência do Ambiente Urbano (LIAU/UFRGS), projeto de educação ambiental integrada com base na geoeducação, desenvolvido nas escolas municipais de Porto Alegre. Autor do projeto Itinerários Geológicos de Porto Alegre (monografia de conclusão de curso, com louvor acadêmico, e dissertação de mestrado), o qual inventariou geossítios locais para fins de geoeducação e, entre outras aplicações, compôs de 2014 a 2017 o curso anual de formação de professores municipais. Desde 2015, vem pesquisando os Geoparques Mundiais da UNESCO e a institucionalização em nível mundial da geodiversidade enquanto nova área geocientífica e profissional, bem como metodologias de participação social em projetos de sustentabilidade. Integrou de 2016 a 2019 a Equipe Técnico-Científica do Projeto Geoparque Andino Torotoro, Bolívia, o qual alcançou status de geoparque aspirante UNESCO em 2020. Sua atuação vem se destacando nas áreas de inventário e interpretação de geodiversidade, geopatrimônio e geossítios, elaboração de programas de geoeducação, geologia geral e mapeamento geológico básico, fotografia de campo e técnicas de projetação ambiental participativa.