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Graciela Monica Tourn (* 1950) is a professor of botany Faculty of Agronomy of the University of Buenos Aires (FAUBA). Specialist in exo and endomorphology and plant architecture, . She graduated in 1972 from the FAUBA agronmist and received her Dr. in Biological Sciences in 2003 at the UNC (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba). She studied with Dr. Francis Halle with whom participated in a study mission in French Guyana. Develop scientific and teaching career since 1974 as Associate Professor Chair Exclusive FAUBA Botany.

Current activity in the Polo Universitario Punilla Center (PUPC) - Broadcast of its activities Currently and since 2005 PUCP Technical Manager, Headquarters Punilla along with Dr Ana L. Scopel Academic Coordinator of the same. This FAUBA headquarters is located in Cordoba Argentina Punilla Valley including the towns of La Falda, Valle Hermoso, Huerta Grande, Villa Giardino, etc. Also operates a research laboratory FAUBA, "Biological Station Sierras" directed by Dr. Ana L. Scopel Independent Researcher, CONICET - IFEVA, Associate Professor, Cat. Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agronomy, UBA. In addition to the issuance of the Career Degree in Environmental Sciences (LICI) was conducted in collaboration between headquarters and laboratory research projects with scientists and extension linkages in the community.

Participation in Projects 1991-94. UBA. (AG 003). Director: R. D. Tortosa. Title: Preliminary studies for the introduction to the cultivation of promising species for the production of resins: chilensis Grindelia (Compositae). 1994-97. UBA. (AG 100). Director: G. M. Tourn. Title: Architectural Analysis of Lotus tenuis. Response of plant architecture to the quality of light, shading simulated. 1997-2000. CONICET. (PIP No. 4270 Res. 1163-1196). Director: M. B. Bertiller. Title: Reproductive Ecology ligularis pasturiles ecosystems of the province of Chubut. Bases for management and conservation. 1998-1999. UBA. (TG 05). Director: Dr. Anne L. Scopel. Title: Reproductive strategies of invasive woody species: Biology and control. April 1998. Research grants awarded by the Fundación Antorchas (# A -13532/1-85) for the 1997 competition. Director: Dr. Anne L. Scopel. 1998-2000. PICT (00,344). Director: Dr. Anne L. Scopel. Title: Structure and Ecosystem Functioning Temperate Savannas: the case of Parque Nacional El Palmar. 01/G942 Code. 1999 to 2000. UBACyT AG10. The invasion of woody plants and temperate savanna arbustización. The PN El Palmar as a case study. Director: Dr. Anne L. Scopel. 1999 to 2000. UBACyT AG 08. Propagation systems promising ornamental native species. Director: G. M. Tourn. 2001-2002. UBACyT G 030. The invasion of woody plants and temperate savanna arbustización. El Palmar PN as a case study. Director: Dr. Anne L. Scopel. 2001-2002. UBACyT G 004. Director William Bennet Batista. Structure and population dynamics of Butia yatay, an endangered palm key to the preservation of Mesopotamian savanna. 2002-2006. PICT 08-08962. Director Ana Leonor Scopel. Woody plant population dynamics of the savanna of Butia yatay in Mesopotamia Argentina: Influences of the physical environment, fire and grazing. 2003-2004. UBACyT G 412. Director G. Germain Roitman. Systems with the potential spread of invasive ornamental Approved. Role: Co-Director. 2004-2007. UBACyT G086. Director: G. Germain Roitman. Role: Co Director. Biology of species of the genus Hippeastrum Argentinas (Amarillidaceae): Reproductive System, propagation, taxonomy, and introduction to cultivation. 2004-2007. UBACyT G 095. Director: Ana L. Scopel. Ecophysiological aspects of a set of agro-value native species of central Argentina.


2007-2010. PICT-2006-01979. Director: Ana Leonor Scopel. Ecophysiological studies on agro-value native species in Cordoba: Secondary metabolites, environmental stress and reproductive biology. 2007-2009. Fund for the Americas. Director: Ana Leonor Scopel. "Use of invasive woody plants (Ligustrum lucidum, Pyracantha spp., Cotoneaster spp.): An alternative to recovery of biodiversity and sustainability of impoverished communities."

2008 to 2010. G018. Flourensia campestris, F. Sophora linearifolia oolepis and three native species with agroindustrial value. Life cycle characteristics and ecophysiological studies. DIRECTOR: Scopel, ANA LEONOR $ 12,100 University Volunteer 200de "Waste of industrialization of granites and marbles in the Punilla Valley: Looking for a sustainable solution to the problem of environmental pollution" Director Anne L. Scopel 2010-2011. UBACYT. Studies of reproductive biology in species of economic interest. Director Beatrice Galati.

Personal and published works Laboratory 1981. Tourn, G. M. Ontogeny and morphology of the cavities of Heterophyllaea lisígenas pustulata (Rubiaceae). Argent Soc. Bot. 20: 91-96. 1985. Tourn, G. M. Stem nature of the spines mistol Ziziphus (Rhamnaceae) in comparison with other species of the family. Argent Soc. Bot. 24: 71-79. 1986. Tortosa, R. D., M.C. Badaracco and G. M. Tourn. Condalia hybridization buxifolia and C. microphylla (Rhamnaceae). Kurtziana 18: 47-68. 1989. Tourn, G. M., D. Medan, R. D. Tortosa. Multiple buds in Ramnáceas: Organization of the axillary complex with special reference to Ziziphus and paliurus. Kurtziana 20: 101-111. 1990. Tourn, G. M., R.D. Tortosa and A. Bartoli. The complex axillary Ziziphus species (Rhamnaceae) of the New World. Argent Soc. Bot. 26: 215-220. 1991. Tourn, G. M., A. Bartoli and R. D. Tortosa. The morphology and Growth of Gouania ulmifolia Triana et Planch. (Rhamnaceae): an architectural analysis. In L'Arbre. Biologie et developpement. C. Edelin (Eds.) Actes Deuxieme Colloque International L'Arbre. Naturalia Monspeliensia A-7: 666-667. 1992. Tourn, G. M., R. D. Tortosa and D. Medan. Rhamnaceae with multiple lateral buds: an architectural analysis. Bot. J. Linn. Soc 108: 275-286. 1993. Menéndez Sevillano, M. C., A. D'Ambrogio, G.M. Tourn, M.C. Grottole and G. Roitman. Spacial Relationship of the vascular and Supporting Tissues in stems of commercial beans genotype: Correlations with Agronomic characters. Preliminary results.Report of the Bean Improvement Cooperative. 1994. Casal, J., C. Ballare, G. M. Tourn, R. A. Sánchez. Anatomy, growth and survival of a long-hypocotyl mutant of Cucumis sativus deficient in phytochrome B. Annals of Botany 73: 569 - 1994. Tourn, G. M., Saucedo, M.C. and Roitman, G.G. Advances in the Study of the Architectural Unit of cultivars of alfalfa (Medicago sativa) with different latency during deployment. Argentina Journal of Animal Production 14. Sup.1: 69. 1994. Tourn, G.M. & G. G. Roitman. Lotus tenuis: Strategies on natural regenerative grazing.Lotus Newsletter 25: 7. 1996. Tourn, G. M. & G.G. Roitman. Morphology and Growth of Southamerican Fabaceae: Sesbania punicea (Cav.) Benth. : An architectural analysis. In L'Arbre. Biologie et developpement. C. Edelin (Eds.) Actes Colloque International L'Arbre Trieuxieme. Naturalia Monspeliensia A-8: 20-21. 1996. Tourn, G. M. & G. G. Roitman. Lotus tenuis Wald. et Kit (Fabaceae): an architectural analysis. Lotus Newsletter 27: 22-25. 1997. Tortosa, R.D., L. Aagesen & G.M. Tourn. Plant architecture and morphology of the inflorescence in the tribe Colletieae (Rhamnaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 122: 353-367.

1998. Tourn, G. Monica, Florence Perret & Germain Roitman. Etude des complexes plantes axillaires of grimpantes Guyanais. Biologie d'une de Forêt Equatoriale canopy-III. Rapport de la Mission d'Exploration Scientifique of the canopy of Guyane, Octobre-Décembre 96: 50-55. 

1999. Tourn, G. Monica, Daniel Barthélémy and Javier Grossfeld. An approach to plant architecture. Argent Soc. Bot. 34: 85-99. 1999. Tourn, G.M., B. Pidal, F. Menvielle & A. Scopel. Clonal Strategies in a woody weed: Melia azedarach. Plant & Soil 217: 111-117. 2005. Zucol, AF, Brea, M and A. Scopel First record of fossil wood and phytolith assemblages of the Late Pleistocene in El Palmar National Park (Argentina). Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Special Issue on Quaternary Geology and Paleontology of Argentina (Guest Eds. J. Rabassa, AA Carlini, and EP Tonni). 20 (2005) 33-43.

2005. T. Matthew Robson, Verónica A. Pancotto, Ana L. Scopel, Stephan D. Flint and Martyn M. Caldwell. Solar UV-B microfaunal Influences community composition in a Tierra del Fuego peatland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Vol 3: 2205-2215.

2005. Pancotto, VA, Sala, OE, Robson TM, Caldwell, MM, Scopel, AL. Direct and indirect effects of solar ultraviolet-B radiation on long-term decomposition. Global Change Biology 11:1982-1989 2006. Galati BG, S. Rosenfeldt and G M Tourn. Embryological studies in Lotus glaber Mill (= Lotus tenuis Waldst. Et Kit ex Wild.). Ann. Bot.Fennici 43: 97-106. ISSN 0003-3847 2006. Costa CSB, Armstrong R, Detre's Y, Koch YW, Bertiller M, Beeskow A, LS Neves, GM Tourn, OA Bianciotto, LB Pinedo, AY and N. Blessio San Roman. Effect of UV-B Radiation on Salt Marsh Vegetation: Trends of American Universal Salicornia species. Photochemistry and Photobiology 82: 000-000. Published on line. DOI: 10.1562/2005-10-30-RA-729 2007. Roitman, G., J. A. Castillo, G.M. Tourn and R. Uria. A new species, Habranthus Sanavirones (Amarillydaceae), from Argentina. Novon 17: 393-394. 2009. G Galindez, Biganzoli F, Ortega-Baez P, Scopel AL "Fire responses of three co-occurring Asteraceae shrubs in a temperate savanna of South America"). Plant Ecology 202 (1): 149-158.

2009. Johann G. Zaller, Martyn M. Caldwell, Stephan D. Flint, Charles L. Ballare, Ana L. Scopel, Osvaldo E. Room. (Solar UV-B and warming Earthworms Affect decomposition and Ecosystem in a fen in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Global Change Biology. Doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01970.x 

2009. G. Galindez, P. Ortega-Baes, M.I. Daws, S. Sühring, A. L. Scopel, and H.W. Pritchard. Seed mass and germination in Asteraceae species of Argentina. Seed Science and Technology. 37: 786-790.

2009. L. De Tullio Roitman, GG and Bernardello G. Tamia (Iridaceae), a Synonym of Calydorea: Cytological and Morphological Evidence. Systematic Botany 33: 509-513. 2009. Natalia Moreno, M. Laura Las Peñas, Gabriel Germain Bernardello and Roitman. Cytogenetic studies in Herbertia Sw (Iridaceae), Caryologia 61 (4). 2009. Roitman G and A. Castillo Herbertia darwinii (Iridaceae: Tigridieae: Cipurinae), a new species from South America. Argent Soc. Bot .. Vol 43 (3-4): 311-314. 2008. ISSN 0373-580 X. 2009. Roitman GG., Castillo, A. & Maza, I. Iridaceae in Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Southern Cone (Argentina, southern Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay), Volume 1. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae and Monocotyledoneae. Fernando O. Zuloaga, Osvaldo Morrone and J. Manuel Belgrano, editors Clodomiro Marticorena (Chile), Eduardo Marchesi (Uruguay), associate editors. Foreword by Peter H. Raven. P. 426-453. 2009. G.M. Tourn , Cosa M. T., Roitman G.G. & Silva M.P. Comparative leaf anatomy in Argentine Galactia species. Argent Soc. Bot. 44. :25-32. ISSN 0373-580 X 2010. G Galindez, Biganzoli F, Ortega-Baez P, Scopel AL. Plant Ecology. Fire responses of three co-occurring Asteraceae shrubs in a temperate savanna of South America. 202 (1): 149-158. 2010. Fitted M, Giorgis M. and M. Tourn Guide to a botanical excursion in the Sierras de Córdoba, 2011. Phytotoxic activity in Flourensia campestris and isolation of (-)-hamanasic acid A compound as active principles STI. Mariana P. Silva, Leonardo A. Piazza, Daniela Lopez, Marisa J. Rivilli Lopez, Mauricio D. Turco, John J. Cantero, Monica G. Tourn, Ana L. Scopel. Posted Phytochemistry. Ref: PHYTOCHEM-D-11-00212

Book chapters. 2000 .- Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, Vol 87. A. Stokes (ed.): The Supporting Roots of trees and woody plants: form, function and physiology. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Pp 426. ISBN 0-7923-5964-X. Growth and Development. Chapter 13. P. 137 to 144. Reports June 2000. Final report: The impact of UV-B radiation on salt-marsh vegetation Along a latitudinal gradient. A study Funded by the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (ISP2). Outreach Publications 1999. Halou, M.P., L.S. Jankowski and M.J. Belgrano. Riparian trees. Lahitte, H., J. Hurrell (eds). L.O.L.A. Buenos Aires. (Contributor to the families Sapindaceae and Mirtáceae). 2000. Tourn, g.m, G.G. Roitman, and L.S. Jankowski. Vines. Biota Rioplatense. Lahitte, H., J. Hurrell (eds). L.O.L.A. Buenos Aires 2010. Plant Ideal. ISBN 9789871545117.Roitman Germain. Editorial Collection HAND GARDEN JOURNAL. 176 pp. Presentations at conferences in the last 5 years 2005. Panelist in the Argentine Conference of Botany XXX. 6-9 November. Rosario. Paper presented: Sophora linearifolia Griseb. : Morphological and ecological studies. G.M. Tourn , Roitman G.G. , G. Bernardello , Silva M.P. & Scopel A.L. 2005. Galindez, G. , Biganzoli F, Perez C J and L. Scopel A Shrub encroachment in a temperate savanna of Argentina. Responses to fire and herbivory in two dominant Asteraceae species. Ecological Society of America. Canada 2005. Silva MP, Scopel AL .. Flourensia oolepis and F. campestris. Preliminary studies in the hills of Cordoba. Botany-SAB Days 2005.Minotti P, Scopel A, Stuart Sinton D, Ruiz F Selmo Comparison supervised learning approaches for early detection of areas invaded by Paraiso (Melia azedarach) Landsat ETM images from Parque Nacional El Palmar. IV Latin American Congress of Mathematical Biology, Tandil, Argentina 2006. Galindez, Guadalupe, Scopel, Ana Leonor Menéndez Sevillano, María del Carmen and Luis Ibarra. Preliminary studies of ecophysiology of seeds of Phaseolus vulgaris preserved in the Germplasm Bank of the NOA. XXIX Congreso Argentino de Horticultura. Catamarca, Argentina 2006 Silva, MP, Fracchia, S., & Scopel, AL mycorrhization of three species native to the mountains of Córdoba agribusiness value. Argentina XXII Meeting of Ecology, Cordoba, Argentina. 2006. Selmo F. Ruiz E., Minotti P., Scopel A. and Parimbelli MCaracterización of physiognomic-functional heterogeneity Palmar National Park and its invasion by woody species .. Argentina XII Meeting of Ecology, Cordoba, Argentina. 2007.Minotti P., Scopel A. and F. Ruiz Selmo Data Mining Approaches for monitoring and modeling the invasion of Melia azedarach in El Palmar National Park .. IEMSS2006 Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software, Burlington, Vermont, USA. 2007. Selmo F. Ruiz E., Minotti P., Scopel A. and M. Parimbelli Analysis of the physiognomic-functional heterogeneity of the vegetation of El Palmar National Park and its relationship to invasion by exotic woody. XII Congress of the Spanish Association of Remote Sensing. Mar del Plata. 2007. Tourn G.M. , Roitman G.G. , G. Bernardello , Silva M.P. & Scopel A.L.. Morphological and ecological studies in Sophora linearifolia Griseb., An endemic species of central Argentina .. III National Conference on Native Plants and Cacti IV Meeting. Cordoba, Argentina. 2007. Collaea morphology and architecture in Argentina (Fabaceae), a species with ornamental potential Tourn GM, Roitman GG & Silva M.P. Botany XXXI Argentinas. Corrientes. 2008. D. López, Gómez, V., Hogg G, Tello L, Luna L, Gedda F, Amuchástegui F, Chalar M, Besnati E, Silva M, Tourn M, Scopel A, Piazza L.. The Bioassay: Laboratory Experience and Research Tool. VIII National Meeting, III International Congress on Teaching of Biology. Biology Education as Social Demand Response. Mar del Plata. 2008.Silva M.P, López D., Piazza L. & Scopel A. Allelopathic effects of aqueous extract and essential oil of oolepis Flourensia Flourensia campestris and Blake, ON GERMINATION AND / OR GROWTH OF LETTUCE (Lactuca sativa) XIII Latin American Meeting and Argentina XXVII Meeting of Plant Physiology. Rosario, Argentina. 2008. Silva, MP, López D, Piazza L, Scopel AL Effect of mycorrhization (MA) on the allelopathic potential of aqueous extract of leaf Flourensia Argentina oolepis .. XXIII Meeting of Ecology. San Luis, Argentina 2008.López D., Gómez, V., Hogg G, Tello L, Luna L, Gedda F, Amuchástegui F, Chalar M, Besnati E, Silva M, Tourn M, Scopel A, Piazza L. The Bioassay: Laboratory Experience and research tools. VIII National Meeting, III International Congress on Teaching of Biology. Biology Education as Social Demand Response. Mar del Plata

In 2009 Punilla Headquarters was the epicenter of the largest national scientific meeting in the area (October 2009), with the participation of researchers from around the country and abroad (approx. 600 participants) with the organization of the XXXII Argentine Conference Botany. The Botany XXXII Argentine Conference were devoted to Charles Robert Darwin, British scientist who laid the foundation for modern evolutionary theory, particularly through natural selection. This year marks the 200th anniversary of his birth (which occurred on February 12, 1809), and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his essential book "The Origin of Species" (happened on November 24, 1859). Researchers and students participated in organizing activities and also active in the papers:

 - Galindez, G., Aparicio, M., Lindow, L., del Val, V., Barrett, T., Barrionuevo, A., sotol, E., Sühring, S., del Fueyo, P., Scopel, A. L., Pritchard, H. and Ortega-Baes, P. Germination of seeds of 42 species native to Argentina: response to light. 

- Galindez G., Ortega-Baes, P., Scopel, A. L. and Hutchings, M. J. Seed bank dynamics of shrubs in a temperate savanna: the role of income of seeds and fire regime. - Ortega-Baes, P., Bravo, S., Sajama, J., Scopel, A. and Sühring, S. Priority areas for conservation of cacti in the Valle de Lerma and calchaquí (Salta, Argentina - Roitman, G. Review Habranthus species (Amaryllidaceae) in Argentina and Uruguay. - Tognocchi, B., Montaldo, N. H., Tourn, G. M. and Roitman, G. G. Melia azedarach, another invasive species in the Punilla Valley (Córdoba).

And the Conference on -USE OF INVASIVE WOODY (Ligustrum lucidum; Pyracantha SPP., Cotoneaster SPP.): AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE RECOVERY OF BIODIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABILITY impoverished communities by Scopel A. L., Tognocchi, B. and M. Tourn

2010. Piazza L, Silva M, López D, Turco M, González T, Tourn M, Scopel AL. Purification of a bioactive secondary metabolite with potent herbicide in aqueous extracts of leaves Flourensia countryside (Asteraceae). IV Binational Ecology Meeting, Buenos Aires.

2010. Selmo Ruiz, FE, Minotti PG, Scopel AL. Analysis of the expansion of native and exotic woody cover in El Palmar National Park using remote sensing and field data. IV Binational Ecology Meeting, Buenos Aires.

2010. Pujana, RR, Burrieza, HP, Silva, M & Tourn, GM. Comparative anatomy of secondary xylem in Sophora linearifolia Griseb. (Sophoreae, Papilionoideae, Leguminosae). X Latin American Botanical Congress "Conservation and sustainable use of native flora America." La Serena, Chile.

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Extension work in the Community arising from the projects: • teacher training courses. 2009 "Course of theoretical and practical training for the Teaching Laboratory of Natural Sciences "Program: More and Better Schools" RED PROVINCIAL TEACHER TRAINING GOING. Project Management and Educational Policy. Ministry of Education of the Province of Córdoba. The leaders and coordinators from each institution were: Dr. Leonard Piazza, Dr. Ana Scopel and Dr. Ismael Blanco, respectively. While Dr. Leonard Piazza, the Eng. Dr. G. Monica Tourn and Mariana Silva Biology teacher group formed by the EBS-FAUBA.

• TECHNICAL TRAINING FOR THE COMMUNITY "Learn to influence teaching practices" Approved and funded by the "National Teacher Training Institute, Ministry of Education, Office of the President. Institution Headquarters: Teacher Training Inst "Dr. Bernardo Houssay " Director: Alice Bravin. Researchers: Drs Piazza Leonardo and Ana Scopel EXTENDED-RELEASE ACTIVITIES RELATED ACTIVITIES ON SITE-FAUBA PUNILLA AND LAB. SAWS BIOLOGY STATION The list that follows reflects some of the activities in which I participated and / or continued participation. Participation in advisory committees • 2006-cont. Members of the Municipal Education Council of the City of La Falda: Created on 8/16/2006, CD Ordinance No. 1836. Participate in the Council since its creation representing Punilla-FAUBA Headquarters. I am part of the group responsible for the development and implementation of the Environmental Project is carried out in schools of all cycles, each year.

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•  2006-2007-2008-2009-2010. Participation as a juror in the Science Fair Teacher of Biology, Capilla del Monte, and the IPA Middle School, La Cumbre.

    Presentations and lectures 

• 3 rd Educational Talk on the theme: "UTILIZATION OF SOLID WASTE (MSW) FROM TIPPING AND CLANDESTINE MICROBASURALES" MAKING WITH GARBAGE. CAN TRANSFORM WASTE MATERIALS AT LOW COST? ". Rendered in school Bernardo D Elia, Villa Carlos Paz - Prof. Andrea Schnidrig responsible for the group of 5 th and 6 th year that was intended. This talk is for the 3 that we provide within the "Support Link Program," Science Education Unit, Area of Promotion of Science, Cordoba Science Agency, having been summoned by Ms. Gabriela Suarez, who works within this project. • 2007 - Presentation: Day in the 4 th Scientific-Technical Institute of Higher Education Dr. Bernardo Houssay, Faculty of Biology, Capilla del Monte. "Native Plants: plants that surprised ... What we need to know?, Why research is needed? - June 2007 • 2007 - Participation at the Meeting of Botany Argentina, Corrientes, Arg with the introduction of a corporate poster Race Punilla issued at Headquarters and activities that are performed in the Biology Lab Station Sierras-October 2007. • University Volunteer Project in Regional Environmental issues Outreach to the Community (Taught or participated by invitation) • 2007 - Assistance to the Second Meeting for the protection of Monte Chaco. Capilla del Monte, Córdoba. 2 to 5 June 2007 - invited • 2007 - Attendance and participation at the meeting aimed to build a project for the production of biodiesel in the Pampa de Oláen. guest •  2007 - Attendance at Environmental Conference, held in La Pampa de Oláen, in relation to sustainable project goats. guest • 2007 - Participated in the seminar: "Development and Strengthening of Civil Society Punilla" Regional Community Head Punilla, La Falda, September 28, 2007. Organized by COMPAS-Comprehensive Development of Civil Society, "PROFIM-Institutional Strengthening of Municipalities, and ICDA - Institute of Management Sciences - Catholic University of Cordoba. We have participated to raise suggestions to the project that the ICDA has developed and will be presented on November 5, 2008, at the Headquarters of the Regional Community of Punilla, which will assist you. This project includes several regional environmental problems, proposing ways of approach and participation of the different levels to arrive at goals scheduled. • 2008 - Talk given to producers and stakeholders in the Escuelita de La Punilla on "Sustainable management of invasive species: privet (Ligustum lucidum) and Crataegus (atalantoides Pyracantha and Crataegus spp.)." This talk is related to a project submitted to the Fund for the Americas, through the Civil Association for Peace Mission.

• 2008 - Participation in the strategic workshop for the management and conservation of Portecelo Municipal Nature Reserve "- invited by the Municipality of Villa Giardino and Wildlife Foundation. Series of three workshops between May and September 2008. Guest • 2009 - Participation in the "Program for Strengthening governments and NGOs for Environment and Socio-Environmental Development in the Region of Punilla in the Province of Córdoba" Invited to participate in this program, developed jointly by the ICDA - the Universidad Católica de Córdoba, and the Spanish Agency for International Development (CAST), with funding provided by the ACCE. We participated in 2 workshops held in the city of Cordoba, the seat of the ICDA, and a 3 that was held as the end of the course, which presented the work of each group in communities around the central axis workshop: water. Along with the undergraduate students and members of the Council of the City of La Falda (NGOs), gender and diet 3 interactive workshops to raise awareness, basic information about the resource and potential pathways of contamination and remediation of problems. These workshops, known as "Water Awareness and Consensus." were issued for the communities and authorities, including V. Giardino, Huerta Grande, La Falda, Valle Hermoso and Casa Grande.

• 2009 - cont. ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION OF THE GUARD OF THE CITY OF SKIRT I was invited by the Mayor of the city of La Falda, Dr Mark Sestopal to assist in the design and implementation of the Environmental Guard of the city. For this call on students in the Bachelor of Punilla Headquarters who participated in the organization and implementation. The Chief Operating Officer and 4 others that make up this body are students of the degree. My duties continue to be the advise and accompany the group on the tasks they perform (environmental safeguards within the ejido in the municipality, monitoring of water courses, identification and geolocation of areas affected by different types of pollutants, etc.).

• Participation in the Program: More and Better Provincial Network of Continuing Teacher Education. Project Management and Educational Policy. Ministry of Education of the Province of Córdoba. Through the "Course of theoretical and practical training for the Teaching Laboratory of Natural Sciences." The course was organized by the Faculty of Biology Dr. B. IFD Houssay of Capilla del Monte in collaboration with the Laboratory Mountains Biological Station of the Faculty of Agronomy of the University of Buenos Aires (FAUBA, Huerta Grande), Head and Ag Engineering Course Coordinator Dr. Ana Scopel and Ceprocor Unit ( Santa Maria de Punilla), Head and Course Coordinator Dr. Ismael Bianco. The course consisted of a series of 5 classes in the laboratory of Professor of Biology at Capilla del Monte and 1 class in the Laboratory of CEPROCOR. Participating teachers: Dr. Leonard Piazza, Agr. Dr. G. And Mrs. Monica Mariana Silva Tourn.

EXTENSION PROJECTS PUNILLA funded by the Ministry of National Education 2008 - UNIVERSITY VOLUNTEER PROJECT. VOLUNTEER NATIONAL UNIVERSITY. University Policies Secretariat, MIN. EDUCATION OF THE NATION, ResSPU N º 347/09. Title: "Waste of industrialization of granites and marbles in the Punilla Valley: Looking for a sustainable solution to the problem of environmental pollution" 2009 - cont. University Volunteer Project. National University Volunteer Program. University Policies Secretariat, Ministry of Education, The Nation, No. 347/09- Resspu Responsible: A. Scopel "Waste of industrialization of granites and marbles in the Punilla Valley: Looking for a sustainable solution to the problem of environmental pollution"

• COURSE "Assistant Woodworking" 2010-Program courses YIELD YIELD PUNILLA CONVENTION - MISSION OF PEACE) Trainer: Prof. Bruno Tognocchi. LICIA.Taller advanced student "INTRODUCTION TO CARPENTRY" ON SITE "THE HOUSE OF QUINQUELA" THE EX - Munaf (ACTUAL SENAF). Cosquin.Capacitador: Prof. Bruno Tognocchi

• COURSE "Assistant Woodworking" 2008-2009-2010-2011 CEDER Program courses in the SENAF Cosquin through an agreement between the parties following CEDER VILLA CARLOS PAZ - SENAF COSQUÍN - PAZ.Capacitador MISSION: Prof . Tognocchi Bruno.

• Introduction to Gardening Course at the request of Rotary Club Headquarters La Falda. Theoretical and practical course taught by professors from the FAUBA (Scopel Ana, Tourn G. Monica, and the following teachers at the Gardening Career Technical, Isabel Maza, Kaplansky Marta, Lagoutte Sandra, Maria Marta Bunge) suitable for all ages, with a duration of 30 weeks, with the participation of 40 students. This course is under the Technical Training Center-CCT-FAUBA • ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION OF POLICE OF THE CITY OF SKIRT Based on an initiative that originated from the municipal authorities, and the call of the chairman of the City, gestated a project for the creation and functioning of all known today as "Environmental Guard of the City of La Falda . With the support of municipal authorities, especially Mr. Mayor Dr. Mark Sestopal has been able to translate the draft, and we are proud of having students of Lycia who make up the majority of this body of environmental guards .

• Other activities Attendance and participation of Eng. Norberto Montaldo, teacher and researcher at the Department of Botany, FAUBA, in instructing students interested in the observation of bird dispersers of fruits of Melia azedarach (paradise), Ligustrum lucidum (privet) and species of Pyracantha and Cotoneaster. and its relationship with the invasion of exotic species. This is directly connected to issues of subsidies and thesis topic of one of the students of the School. June 2009.

• Travel Collection Travel collection and appreciation of local flora, floristic botanist tour Giants. Prof. Germain A Roitman - FAUBA. Intended to collect another period phenological a native species endemic Apurimacia dolichocarpa, previously collected in December 2008, for research and a dissertation topic for students of the race. August 2009. Travel collection by Cordoba, San Luis, Santiago del Estero, flora botanical excursion to locate and identify communities Flourensia oolepis and F, campestris. January 2009.