Soledad Delgado Oyarzún
Veterinarian, co-founder and Communications and Community Coordinator at ONG Ranita de Darwin
Focus regions: Neotropical
Soledad Delgado Oyarzún is a veterinarian and co-founder of ONG Ranita de Darwin, serving as Communications and Community Coordinator. She connects scientific research with wider society by working alongside local communities, landowners, educators, and public institutions, and by coordinating projects and outreach. She built the organisation's communications area, developing strategies that underpin its research and conservation programmes.
She co-authored outreach books including Las Ranitas de Darwin y otros increíbles anfibios Chilenos (2023), Raneando, un salto a la naturaleza (2022), and Descubriendo a la Ranita de Darwin (2019), plus the Binational Conservation Strategy for Darwin's Frogs (2026). She designed the latest update of the Amphibian Conservation Action Plan (ACAP) for the IUCN Amphibian Specialist Group.
She has participated in studies on chytridiomycosis, population dynamics and strategic conservation planning for Darwin's frogs, ensuring evidence-based conservation reaches communities and decision-makers to secure lasting protection for Chile's amphibians.