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The power of trees, how ancient forests can save us if we let them, Peter Wohlleben ; translated by Jane Billinghurst

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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non fiction

The power of trees

Peter Wohlleben ; translated by Jane Billinghurst

how ancient forests can save us if we let them

The follow-up to the international bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees, offering compelling insights into the lungs of our planet and the fragility of our intertwined futures. Trees can survive without humans, but we can't live without trees. Even if human-caused climate change devastates our planet, trees will return - as they do, always and everywhere, even after ice ages, catastrophic fires, destructive storms and deforestation. It would be nice if we were around to see them flourish. It is as fascinating and eye-opening as it is trenchant in its critique: on the one hand, Wohlleben shares astonishing discoveries about how trees pass knowledge down to succeeding generations, helping them to survive climate change; on the other, he is unsparing in his criticism of those who wield economic and political power - who plant trees exclusively for the sake of logging and virtue-signalling, even as they ruthlessly exploit nature. The Power of Trees is a love letter to the forest and a passionate argument for protecting nature's boundless diversity - not only for the trees, but also for ourselves