Lac Crues Sun-News published the following article on May 5, 2012 highlighting UNT collaboration in Chile and representatives from New Mexico State University (NMSU) visit: http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_20559307/nmsu-building-bridges-collaboration-institutions-costa-rica-chile

"In the southernmost region of the country, the opportunities for New Mexico State University (NMSU) also are being envisioned, partly based on a previous partnership Dr. Wendy Wilkins was familiar with between her former institution - the University of North Texas - and the research activities at the Universidad de Magallanes and the Omora Ethnobotanical Park. A philosophy department faculty member at UNT, philosopher and biologist Ricardo Rozzi, was founding director of the park and specializes in biocultural conservation, as well as the ethics of conserving lands and peoples, in particular the local Yahgan people who were decimated by Western diseases. His focus on biocultural conservation and the linking of human wellbeing with the environment is the core of the nation's top program in environmental philosophy, at UNT. At Omora, one particular concern has been to investigate and conserve an incredible diversity of mosses, lichens and liverworts that they refer to as the "Miniature Forests of Cape Horn." Such concerns, even as far away as the southern tip of South America, reflect issues being dealt with every day right here in New Mexico, Wilkins said.