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Hand-drawn ecological site survey map of a forest plot, with labeled vegetation patches, tree positions, and notes on ground cover.

Reading a Forest, Documenting the Existing, NSL

Bonnie-Kate Walker, Cara Turett, Luke Harris (2021).

Article published by the Chair of Being Alive in the NSL Newsletter ‘Emergency Aid’ about the fieldwork done during the Spring of 2021 for the Garden of the XXI in Senan.

"Looking at the fields of wheat and orchards of almond blossoms around Senan, Spain, «crisis» is not the first word that comes to mind. The valleys appear tranquil and unchanging. However, like most rural landscapes in Spain, the area has transformed dramatically in the past decades."

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Four black-and-white photographs of a Mediterranean-style forest: an aerial view of a path through dense woodland, a hillside of trees above a terraced stone wall, a sparse pine stand with shrubs underneath, and a dry-stone wall among trees.
Images from the forest plots in Senan, Spring 2021 © Chair of Being Alive, ETH Zürich.
Four hand-drawn ecological survey maps of a landscape, showing plant species locations, vegetation layers, and site features in pencil and ink.
Compiled field notes from site vegetation inventory of forest plots © Chair of Being Alive, ETH Zürich.