Winner of the Distinguished Park Ranger category of the 2020 Carlos Ponce del Prado Conservation Award
During these 28 years, Victor has been a pioneer and active promoter of ideas for the conservation of flora and fauna, as well as the proposal of new measures for the sustainable use of natural resources in Protected Natural Areas.. Throughout this long period, his tireless activity has been as appreciated and admired as his interest in sharing knowledge with children and rural communities.
A teacher by vocation and profession, Víctor always harbored a great love for nature and the environment that nurtured his experience and sensitivity. It is for Mother Nature that he has worked, and he is now a role model for younger park rangers. With evident skill, He combined his rigorous training as an educator and his vision of environmental conservation to develop environmental education workshops in rural communities and educational institutions.. Thus, great was the pleasure when He received an "Honorable Mention for his outstanding work as a park ranger" at the 2013 Carlos Ponce del Prado Award.
Víctor Rojas's work hasn't been limited to a specific sector, as his hobbies and curiosity have broadened his horizons far beyond what he himself could have imagined. As a park ranger, he worked monitoring high Andean flora and fauna, becoming one of the leading representatives and liaisons between SERNANP (National Service of Natural Protected Areas) and the local population. In his role as a teacher, Víctor focuses on a strong foundation of environmental education for everyone. He strives daily to ensure his message of environmental conservation reaches people and overcomes adversity, such as poaching, a problem he has significantly reduced in the Junín National Reserve. He achieved this by raising awareness among poachers around Lake Junín, demonstrating once again that it is our convictions that allow us to cultivate what once seemed barren.
For all the reasons mentioned above, Professor Victor is a pioneer of environmental conservation and a great communicator of ideas.. ApaA photography enthusiast, he has documented more than 600 species of flora and fauna in the Chacamarca Historical Sanctuary. He is currently working on the book "Memoirs of a Park Ranger," which is expected to be published very soon. In it, he summarizes and narrates the highlights of his work and experience over the past 28 years, and includes exhaustive research on the wild flora and fauna of Junín and Pasco. Víctor Rojas has been recognized in the Distinguished Park Ranger category of the 2020 Carlos Ponce del Prado Conservation Award. Undoubtedly, It will always be a bastion of the conservation of our Protected Natural Areas.
