We speak to Letícia Leite, journalist and founder of Vem de Áudio, which supports the production of community-led podcasts by and for Indigenous and traditional peoples in the Brazilian Amazon. Letícia discusses how Indigenous media and communication networks operate as tools for knowledge-sharing and socio-political mobilizations, the challenges of unequal access to information, and the role of Indigenous women in climate and political movements for socio-environmental transformation.

Interviewers: Danilo Urzedo and Max Ritts

Producer: Pedro Augusto

Language: This interview takes place in Portuguese.

Read more about Indigenous podcasts produced by Vem de Áudio on the Smart Forests Atlas.

Image source: Copiô, Parente! podcast, https://www.ufrgs.br/humanista/2021/01/27/podcast-para-povos-da-floresta-e-tema-do-terceiro-episodio-da-serie-radio-e-inclusao/

In this episode, Smart Forests researchers speak to Dr Andrea Botero, Associate Professor in the Department of Design at Aalto University in Finland. The conversation touches on Andrea's research with Open Forest at Hyytiälä Forestry Field Station, interdisciplinary practice, relationships between sensor data and stories, Finnish forest management and environmental change.

Interviewers: Michelle Westerlaken and Jennifer Gabrys

Producer: Harry Murdoch

You can learn more about Andrea's work with Open Forest on the Smart Forests Atlas:

• Hybrid Walking and (Un)Sensing the Forest: a collaborative story about a hybrid walk hosted by Andrea, Markéta Dolejšová, and Jaz Hee-jeong Cho in Hyytiälä

Image source: Andrea Botero, https://creatures-eu.org/productions/open-forest/

We speak to Dr Jaime Paneque-Gálvez, Assistant Professor in the Center of Research in Environmental Geography at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. We discuss the use of drones for community forest monitoring and territorial defence, and the possibilities and challenges of community autonomy in using technology for political and socio-environmental goals.

Interviewers: Trishant Simlai and Jennifer Gabrys

Producer: Harry Murdoch

Find out more about Jaime's work on the Smart Forests Atlas.

Image source: Digital Democracy, https://wp.digital-democracy.org/we-built-a-drone/.