Book description
A world expert on how trees chemically affect our environment, Diana
Beresford-Kroeger has woven together ecology, ancient myth,
horticulture, spirituality, science and alternative medicine in The
Global Forest to capture their enormous significance to us - and
our future.
From enormous native Savannah trees that create their own sunscreen
to hedgerows that contain and entire chain of life, this book shows us
the power of the global forest. Trees absorb pollutants from the
ground, comb particulates from the air and house beneficial insects.
But what they do chemically in the environment is something we're only
beginning to understand. Trees not only breathe and communicate; they
also reproduce, heal and even nurture, and each of these forty
interlocking essays picks out a different aspect of the life of the
forest, explains it and then shows why it is so vitally important.
Combining the precision of a scientist with the lyricism of a poet,
Diana Beresford-Kroeger has written an unforgettable work of natural
history that shows how we really can save the Earth, one tree at a time.
Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a botanist, researcher and lecturer who is
an expert on the environmental, nutritional and herbicidal properties of
trees. Her previous books include
Arboretum America
and
A Garden For Life
. She has loved trees all her life, and her garden includes over 100
species. This is her first book to be published in the UK.
