Professor Rodolfo Iturraspe is a senior researcher at the National University of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, with expertise over 35 year studying the hydrology of mountain regulatory systems in Southern Patagonia within the context of climate change. For the past 20 years, peatlands and other regional wetlands have attracted their attention. He has often written about peatland Hydrology and peatland distribution in Patagonia, as well as on the benefits for the people that peatland provides. He promoted in the nomination of the Vinciguerra Glacier and Related Peatlands RAMSAR SITE, Tierra del Fuego and write the RAMSAR Informative Sheet. He was a Main Board member of International Mires Conservation Group (IMCG) in 2000-2021 and is a former collaborator of Wetlands International in Argentina, working on the provincial strategy for the wise use of peatlands and peatland conservation.
