“…prevention is usually informative, but not participatory. It is certainly possible to have greater engagement, to generate community plans […] because ultimately it is the people who know their own territory…”

Claudia discusses the concept of risk and highlights the importance of territorial planning, community involvement, and environmental education in implementing effective risk mitigation measures.

How do we manage disaster risk in the context of climate change? In this Smart Forests Radio episode, Claudia Arellano, a geographer and specialist in disaster risk management, explores this topic and more: atlas.smartforests.net/en/radio/cla...

“… la prevención suele ser informativa pero no es participativa. Es cierto que es poder tener una mayor vinculación, el generar planes comunitarios […] porque finalmente son las personas las que conocen su propio territorio…”

Claudia nos habla sobre el concepto de riesgo y destaca la importancia de la planificación territorial, la involucración de las comunidades y la educación ambiental para implementar medidas de mitigación del riesgo efectivas.

¿Cómo enfrentar el riesgo de desastres en contexto de cambio climático? Claudia Arellano, Geógrafa y especialista en el estudio y gestión de riesgo de desastres, abordó esta pregunta en su entrevista junto al equipo de Smart Forests: atlas.smartforests.net/es/radio/cla...

On Smart Forests Radio, Danilo Urzedo and Michelle Westerlaken speak to Claudia Araújo from Rede de Sementes do Xingu about community-led seed networks, seeding technologies, and mobilisations against deforestation in Brazil. Listen (in Português): atlas.smartforests.net/en/radio/cla...

He highlights the importance of integrating multiple perspectives by collaborating with government agencies, NGOs, private initiatives, and Indigenous communities to address the complex problem of wildfire as “a big, giant team”.

BurnBot is a semi-automated, remote-operated mobile device that precisely controls temperature, oxygen levels, and other burn parameters while minimising smoke production.

Lee explains the technologies, machinery, and infrastructure of BurnBot and how it fits within the broader FireTech field, emphasising the need to manage vegetation to reduce wildfire risk.