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Cambridge research group studying social life, technology + the planetary through practice-based research. smartforests.net, citizensense.net, planetarypraxis.org.

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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You can read the full report on the web and in PDF format on our websites: Español: publications.smartforests.net/es/forest-te... Bahasa Indonesia: publications.smartforests.net/in/forest-te... हिंदी: publications.smartforests.net/hi/forest-te... English: publications.smartforests.net/en/forest-te...
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The report explores the social and political impacts of digital technologies on forest environments. Grounded in the five case studies from Chile, Indonesia, the Netherlands, India, and Scotland, it proposes strategies to ensure pluralistic community-led approaches to forest technologies.
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our *Community-led Forest Technologies* final report is now available in three additional languages: Spanish, Indonesian, and Hindi, alongside English.
Front covers of ‘Community-led Forest Technologies: A Smart Forests Final Report’ (2026) in English, Spanish, Indonesian, and Hindi. Source: https://publications.smartforests.net/en/forest-technologies-final-report/
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
📰 Our Autumn 2026 newsletter is here! Explore the latest publications, films, stories, and podcast episodes from the Smart Forests project, plus a look ahead to our new project, *Community-Based Landscape Regeneration Toolkit*: mailchi.mp/cba7840147e3...
Header image of the Planetary Praxis Newsletter September 2026, featuring three images taken from the research outputs: Lunch with "fire soup" during the field school in Bosque Pehuén, Chile (Maya Errázuriz, 2024); Rachel French scanning QR code for water-quality reporting at Ardura Community Forest, Scotland (Mind the Film with Smart Forests, 2026); and a four-wheeled SAMS (Scottish Association for Marine Science) robot operating on the west coast of Scotland (Smart Forests, 2026).
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The printed copies of *Ecologies of Fire / Ecologías del Fuego* have arrived!📚 Co-created with Fundación Mar Adentro, the collection offers pluralistic approaches to fire, forests, communities, and technologies in Chile. Explore the web and PDF editions: publications.smartforests.net/en/ecologies...
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
📻 Explore stories of rainforest regeneration in Scotland and Wales through a new Smart Forests Radio playlist bringing together all related episodes. Tune in: atlas.smartforests.net/en/playlists...
Screenshot of the Rainforest Regeneration playlist on the Smart Forests Atlas.
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Thanks to the editors for curating this insightful collection @digicologies.bsky.social Oscar Hartman Davies @caitlinhafferty.bsky.social @admsrl.bsky.social @jonnyjjt.bsky.social @pcpcpcp.bsky.social
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This article is published in @peopleandnature.bsky.social's Special Issue ‘The Digital Dimensions of Nature Recovery’: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
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The Digital Dimensions of Nature Recovery: People and Nature
<em>People and Nature</em> is an international journal publishing interdisciplinary research with ecological relevance that explores the relationships between humans and nature.
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The research highlights interviews and fieldwork in which Paula and Pablo played a leading role. You can find more about the wider research collaboration with Fundación Mar Adentro in our *Ecologies of Fire / Ecologías del Fuego* collection: publications.smartforests.net/en/ecologies...
Printed copies of *Ecologies of Fire /  Ecologías del Fuego*. Photograph: Jennifer Gabrys, 2026.
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The authors propose measures to contribute to fire management strategies that position landscape diversification, technology sharing and access, and community co-creation as critical practices within broader fire ecologies.
CONAF Boldo 1 headquarters in Temuco showing use of different fire technologies for observation and alerting. Photograph: Jennifer Gabrys for Smart Forests, 2024.CONAF community forest fire prevention methodology handbook. Photograph: Jennifer Gabrys for Smart Forests, 2024.
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
In the new article, ‘Digital fire technologies and community networks’, Jennifer Gabrys, Paula Tiara Torres and Pablo González Rivas analyse how digital technologies influence fire prevention, response, and recovery in La Araucanía, Chile: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Front page of the paper ‘Digital fire technologies and community networks: Cultivating just sociotechnical practices for living with planetary change’ by Jennifer Gabrys, Paula Tiara Torres, and Pablo González Rivas, published in People and Nature. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70377.
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Jared Child shares efforts to regenerate the Caledonian pine forest at Loch Arkaig, where thermal drones and trail cameras help manage deer populations, drone seeding supports birch and pine growth, and drone mapping tracks landscape recovery over time: atlas.smartforests.net/en/stories/n...
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Nature Restoration: Drones and Deer in the Scottish Highlands — Smart Forests Atlas
We have recently expanded our collaboration to work with surrounding landowners, Achnacarry Estate and Forestry & Land Scotland, to form a landscape-scale partnership seeking to restore 30,000 hectare...
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Rachel French reflects on the restoration of Ardura Community Forest on the Isle of Mull, where community volunteers are central to the work, and how they use technologies including thermal drones, camera traps, and acoustic monitoring: atlas.smartforests.net/en/stories/a...
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Ardura Community Forest: A Restoration Project — Smart Forests Atlas
The results of core sampling and dating oak and holly trees within the remnants of ancient woodland, along with the study of historical maps and literature, supported our decision-making on future man...
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Philippa McKee highlights Argyll and the Isles Coast Countryside Trust’s rainforest restoration across Knapdale and Cowal, combining drone surveys, GIS mapping, and ground-truthing with sustained landowner and community engagement: atlas.smartforests.net/en/stories/r...
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Rainforest Regeneration for Communities and Habitat in Western Scotland — Smart Forests Atlas
ACT established a Rainforest Forum for landowners and interested parties in Knapdale, hosted a Rhododendron demonstration day at our Kilmory Hub, and participated in specialist training, including lev...
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Gordon Gray Stephens recounts how designating Atlantic Oakwoods as “Scotland’s Rainforest” built public awareness and political support, while discussing how communities use technologies such as thermal drones in wildlife monitoring and land management: atlas.smartforests.net/en/stories/r...
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Restoring Scotland’s Temperate Rainforests — Smart Forests Atlas
Rain is abundant (over 1.5 metres per year), the prevailing winds bring clean Atlantic air warmed by the Gulf Stream, and there are remnant woodlands where internationally rare plants have survived. T...
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Alongside our new short film *Rainforest Regeneration in Scotland: Communities and Technologies* (featured in this post), discover four new Smart Forests Atlas Stories written by people working on community-led rainforest regeneration projects across western Scotland🧵 vimeo.com/1186677471?s...
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Rainforest Regeneration in Scotland: Communities and Technologies
Rainforest Regeneration in Scotland visits four projects in western Scotland to learn about the role of digital technologies in facilitating temperate rainforest regeneration. A more in-depth discussi...
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
For our final case study, we’ve produced *Rainforest Regeneration in Scotland*, a short film exploring how digital technologies are facilitating temperate rainforest regeneration through visits to four community-led projects in western Scotland. 📽 Watch the film: smartforests.net/rainforest-r...
Rainforest at Argyll and Countryside Trust with Philippa Mckee and Julie Young, Lochgilphead, Scotland. Credit: Mind the Film with Smart Forests, 2026.Loch Arkaig drone flight with Liam Wright, Woodland Trust, and Jared Child, Arkaig Community Forest. Credit: Mind the Film with Smart Forests, 2026.
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The *Forest Technologies Workshop* film documents a gathering at Kew Gardens, where policymakers, technologists, and community groups discussed the Smart Forests project’s interim findings and reflected on their forest technology practices. 📽 Watch the film: smartforests.net/kew-workshop...
Workshop participants gather outdoors to watch AutoSpray's seed-spraying drone demonstration. Credit: Mind the Film with Smart Forests, 2026.
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
We’re delighted to launch *Community-led Forest Technologies: A Smart Forests Final Report*, bringing together findings from our knowledge exchange workshop and a fifth case study in Scotland. We’re also releasing two short films to accompany it. 📄 Read the report: smartforests.net/community-le...
Front cover of *Community-led Forest Technologies: A Smart Forests Final Report*, showing the community shelter at Ardura Community Forest, Isle of Mull, Scotland, with orange and rust colour filters applied. Credit: Mind the Film with Smart Forests, 2026.
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Through SAMS’s Scientific Robotics Academy, Niall also contributes to making environmental monitoring technologies accessible to diverse groups, enabling communities and students to collect their own data for specific needs.
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
From multispectral cameras and LiDAR to custom water-sampling drones, Niall shares how SAMS uses digital technologies to monitor marine and forest ecosystems and how methods developed in chalk grasslands or salt marshes can be adapted to study different environments.
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
On Smart Forests Radio, Niall Burnside, Senior Lecturer in Biogeography and Geoinformatics at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), discusses researching Scotland’s Atlantic temperate rainforests as marine-terrestrial interfaces: atlas.smartforests.net/en/radio/nia...
Episode icon for Niall Burnside. The background image shows a four-wheeled SAMS (Scottish Association for Marine Science) robot operating on the coast. Plum and forest green filters have been applied. The text reads ‘Niall Burnside: Monitoring Scotland’s Temperate Rainforests across Sea and Land’. Image source: SAMS Robotics Academy.
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Also check out Gordon’s Story on Smart Forests Atlas to learn more about the ongoing collaborative efforts to restore Scotland’s rainforests: atlas.smartforests.net/en/stories/r...
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Restoring Scotland’s Temperate Rainforests — Smart Forests Atlas
Rain is abundant (over 1.5 metres per year), the prevailing winds bring clean Atlantic air warmed by the Gulf Stream, and there are remnant woodlands where internationally rare plants have survived. T...
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
“People get maps” - Gordon discusses how GPS and drone-generated visual evidence help make the case to policymakers and funders, while stressing the importance of keeping the technology in the hands of local people, rather than simply feeding distant decision-making processes.
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Did you know Scotland has temperate rainforests? In this Smart Forest Radio episode, Gordon Gray Stephens of Saving Scotland’s Rainforest and Native Woods Co-op talks about how digital technologies, such as drones, are helping to restore this unique habitat: atlas.smartforests.net/en/radio/gor...
Episode icon for Gordon Gray Stephens. The background image is an aerial view of temperate rainforest on the west coast of Scotland. The text reads ‘Gordon Gray Stephens: Visualising and Saving Scotland’s Rainforest’. Image source: The Woodland Trust, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzoAxoG3AZg.
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
She also reflects on how to ensure long-term sustainability of a community-led forest, from harvesting Sitka spruce to using biodiversity credits to support local livelihoods, aided by diverse technologies for monitoring and management.
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Rachel explores how regeneration at Ardura is as much social as ecological, where peatland restoration and native woodland recovery go hand in hand with school activities, volunteering, and improving access, reconnecting people with woodlands.
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
How might forest regeneration be done with and for communities? On Smart Forests Radio, Rachel French, former biodiversity officer at the Mull and Iona Community Trust (MICT), discusses the regeneration of the Ardura Community Forest: atlas.smartforests.net/en/radio/rac...
ALT: Episode icon for Rachel French. The background image shows Ardura Community Forest on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. The text reads “Rachel French: Forests as Community Spaces”. Purple and green filters have been applied. Image source: Mull and Iona Community Trust (MICT), https://www.mict.co.uk/projects-services/ardura.
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Beyond habitat conservation, Celtic Rainforest Wales is also assessing the socioeconomic and ecosystem benefits, while supporting community engagement through schools, providing educational resources, and involving volunteers in invasive species recording.
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Gethin discusses the increasing use of digital technologies in rainforest restoration in Wales, including drone- and LiDAR-assisted surveys, electric collars for conservation grazing, and a mobile app for recording invasive species, noting their benefits and constraints.
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
“Rather than saying rhododendron is the devil … link it to local culture, the stories of the Mabinogion.” On Smart Forests Radio, Gethin Davies at Celtic Rainforest Wales discusses technology, people, and culture in rainforest restoration: atlas.smartforests.net/en/radio/get...
Episode icon for Gethin Davies. The background image shows Coed Llechwedd in Wales. The text reads ‘Gethin Davies: Restoring the Celtic Rainforest with Community and Technology’. Image source: Celtic Rainforests Wales, https://celticrainforests.wales/coed-felenrhyd-llennyrch.
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Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge @camsociology.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Join Eduardo Romero Dianderas as he examines the evolving media infrastructures that have shaped tropical timber supply chains over the past decades. Organised by @planetarypraxis.bsky.social group. 📅 20 May 🕓 2:30-4:00pm 🏢 Seminar Room, Dept. of Sociology 🔗 www.sociology.cam.ac.uk/events/plane...
Join guest speaker Dr Eduardo Romero Dianderas as he examines the evolving media infrastructures that have shaped tropical timber supply chains over the past decades. Organised by the Planetary Praxis research group.
"Against Documents: Traceability, Corruptive Mediality, and the Remaking of Environmental Accounting in Tropical Timber Supply Chains", Wednesday, 20 May 2026, 2:30-4:00pm, Seminar Room, Department of Sociology, Cambridge
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Junto con la colección *Ecologies of Fire / Ecologías del Fuego*, explora el estudio de caso de Chile y mira nuestro vídeo sobre los conocimientos, las redes y las tecnologías relacionadas con el fuego en el Smart Forests Atlas: atlas.smartforests.net/es/bitacoras...
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Smart Forests: Estudio de caso de Chile — Smart Forests Atlas
El proyecto Smart Forests incluye cuatro estudios de caso en Chile, Indonesia, Países Bajos e India, creados conjuntamente con las comunidades locales mediante escuelas de campo y talleres. En Chile, ...
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Alongside the *Ecologies of Fire / Ecologías del Fuego* collection, explore the Chile case study and watch our film segment on fire-related knowledges, networks, and technologies on Smart Forests Atlas: atlas.smartforests.net/en/logbooks/...
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Smart Forests: Chile Case Study — Smart Forests Atlas
The Smart Forests project includes four case studies in Chile, Indonesia, the Netherlands, and India, co-created with local communities through field schools and workshops. In Chile, we focused on wil...
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
La Escuela de Campo de Pucón se centró en los planes comunitarios de prevención de incendios y en las redes de colaboración para la prevención de incendios, a través de ponencias, un juego co-creativo y una session de mapeo social: atlas.smartforests.net/es/historias...
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Una Escuela de Campo en Temuco reunió a diversas partes interesadas para destacar la importancia de la gobernanza local, las prácticas de planificación del uso del suelo y el acceso equitativo a las tecnologías pertinentes: atlas.smartforests.net/es/historias...
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
En la Escuela de Campo de Bosque Pehuén, nos reunimos con investigadores y artistas del programa de residencias «Ecologías de Fuego», intercambiando historias y perspectivas sobre el fuego durante un paseo por el bosque: atlas.smartforests.net/es/historias...
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
«Ecologías de Fuego: Residencias Bosque Pehuén» reunió a cinco artistas y científicas para investigar las dimensiones socioecológicas y culturales del fuego a través de la investigación transdisciplinaria y las prácticas creativas: atlas.smartforests.net/es/historias...
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
*Ecologies of Fire / Ecologías del Fuego* surgió de conversaciones colectivas y de la experimentación con artistas, investigadores, actores claves y comunidades de todo Chile. En Smart Forests Atlas, puedes explorar cuatro relatos sobre residencias en el Bosque Pehuén y tres escuelas de campo🧵
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The Field School in Pucón focused on community fire prevention plans and collaborative networks for fire prevention through presentations, a co-creative game, and a social mapping session: atlas.smartforests.net/en/stories/e...
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
A Field School in Temuco gathered diverse stakeholders to highlight the importance of local governance, territorial planning practices, and equitable access to relevant technologies: atlas.smartforests.net/en/stories/c...
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
At the Field School in Bosque Pehuén, we met with researchers and artists from the ‘Fire Ecologies’ residency programme, exchanging fire stories and perspectives during a forest walk: atlas.smartforests.net/en/stories/f...
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
‘Fire Ecologies: Bosque Pehuén Residencies’ brought together five creative practitioners and scientists to investigate the socio-ecological and cultural dimensions of fire through transdisciplinary research and creative practices: atlas.smartforests.net/en/stories/f...
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Fire Ecologies: Bosque Pehuén Residencies — Smart Forests Atlas
As part of a multi-faceted collaboration, Fundación Mar Adentro (FMA) have jointly developed a residency program together with Smart Forests at the University of Cambridge and the Interdisciplinary Ce...
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
*Ecologies of Fire / Ecologías del Fuego* emerged from collective conversations and experimentation with artists, researchers, policymakers, and communities across Chile. On the Smart Forests Atlas, you can explore four stories on residencies in Bosque Pehuén and three Field Schools🧵
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Nuestra nueva colección *Ecologies of Fire / Ecologías del Fuego* incluye una lista de reproducción de Smart Forests Radio: escúchala para descubrir enfoques científicos, artísticos y comunitarios sobre la intensificación de los incendios forestales en Chile: atlas.smartforests.net/es/listas-de...
Lista de episodios de podcast con carátulas de álbumes en la lista de reproducción de Smart Forests Radio «Incendios forestales en Chile». Captura de pantalla: Smart Forests Atlas, https://atlas.smartforests.net/es/listas-de-reproduccion/incendios-forestales-en-chile/.
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Our new collection *Ecologies of Fire / Ecologías del Fuego* comes with a Smart Forests Radio playlist. Tune in to explore scientific, artistic, and community-led approaches to forest fires in Chile: atlas.smartforests.net/en/playlists...
List of podcast episodes with album covers in the Smart Forests Radio playlist ‘Forest Fires in Chile’. Screenshot: Smart Forests Atlas, https://atlas.smartforests.net/en/playlists/forest-fires-in-chile.
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
También puedes escuchar versiones en audio de entrevistas seleccionadas y encontrar materiales relacionados de la colección en nuestro Smart Forests Atlas: atlas.smartforests.net/es/mapa/?fil...
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Mapa — Smart Forests Atlas
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
La colección concluye con ocho propuestas que abogan por una visión plural del fuego —entendido a la vez como un fenómeno social, cultural, ecológico y tecnológico— que permita desarrollar diversas formas de aprender a convivir con él.
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Desarrollada en colaboración entre Smart Forests y la Fundación Mar Adentro y centrada en La Araucanía, la colección entrelaza contribuciones de una residencia artística y científica, escuelas de campo y entrevistas con actores claves en el sur de Chile.
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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Con la aceleración del cambio climático y los usos insostenibles del suelo, los incendios son más frecuentes y destructivos. Nuestra colección *Ecologies of Fire / Ecologías del Fuego*, se pregunta cómo replantearnos nuestra relación con el fuego: publications.smartforests.net/es/ecologies...
Página doble de portada y contraportada de *Ecologies of Fire / Ecologías del Fuego* (Smart Forests y Fundación Mar Adentro, 2026), en la que aparecen el título y los resúmenes en inglés y español. La portada muestra en blanco y negro el lugar del incendio de China Muerta.
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