Pratyush Mallick: DIY Devices for Forest Monitoring in India

In this episode, we speak to Pratyush Mallick, developer of Forest Guardian, a DIY, open source device used to detect illegal logging in forest spaces. Pratyush discusses the potential of the DIY/hacking community for building technologies to address environmental change, and the politics of implementing these technologies on the ground in Indian forests.

Interviewers: Michelle Westerlaken and Trishant Simlai

Producer: Harry Murdoch

Find out more about Pratyush's work and the Forest Guardian device on the Smart Forests Atlas.

Image source: https://www.hackster.io/phatta/forest-guardian-267cb7