In this episode of Smart Forests Radio, we talk with Jorge Felez-Bernal. Jorge is a Geographer, with a postgraduate degree in Environmental Engineering and a Master in Geographic Information Technologies for Spatial Planning. Since 2018, he is pursuing a PhD program in Spatial Planning and Environment, at the University of Zaragoza, Spain. In 2009 he came to live in Concepción,
Chile
from his native Spain. He has worked professionally at the Center and Faculty of Environmental Sciences of the University of Concepción. Institution where he also teaches and directs the Diploma in Geographic Information Technologies for
Land Management
. In the interview, Jorge tells us that he has been able to develop projects of linkage with the environment and technical assistance, mainly for different entities of the Chilean State, where he has been able to verify the national reality of the socio-environmental problems related to land management. Including a cadastre of indigenous land claims in the provinces of Arauco, Malleco, Cautín and Valdivia. This allowed him to understand in greater depth the implications and consequences of the Chilean
forestry model
, especially those related to fires and
fire
as an instrument of territorial dispossession.
Interviewer: Pablo Gonzalez Rivas, Paula Tiara Torres and Jennifer Gabrys
Producer: Harry Murdoch
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Language note: this interview takes place in Spanish.
This radio episode has been produced by the Smart Forests project, funded by the European Research Council. Smart Forests is led by Professor Jennifer Gabrys and is based in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge.
Header image: information shared by Jorge Felez-Bernal on LinkedIn of the Diploma Course he directs, in relation to the different edges generated in the tragic fire in Valparaíso and Viña del Mar in early 2024. In this image you can see the spatial representation of the different levels of severity and the types of land cover and land use affected by the Las Tablas fire, which burned 8,698 ha. Fuente: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jorge-f%C3%A9lez-bernal-6466492a3_como-parte-de-la-informaci%C3%B3n-que-te-compartimos-activity-7165806369177083904-DTPy. Retrieved: 11 September 2024.
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To cite this radio episode:
Felez-Bernal, Jorge, Pablo González Rivas, Paula Tiara Torres and Jennifer Gabrys, "Jorge Felez-Bernal: Pyro-geography and Geomatics as a Means to Engage with Communities Affected by Forest Fires", Smart Forests Atlas (2024), https://atlas.smartforests.net/en/radio/jorge-felez-bernal.