A powerful read, essential for everyone
5 stars Superstar forest ecologist Suzanne Simard is back again after the ground-breaking success of her previous book, Finding the Mother Tree, which I highly recommend. Her research into tree networks, communication, kin recognition and support as well as the best ways to grow and harvest trees whilst preserving the delicate ecosystem is a balm against climate change. Though, sadly, her findings and actionable data seems to have fallen on deaf ears as loggers continue to clear cut old growth forests in British Columbia, and beyond, at pace. Not just clear cutting trees but destroying the soil and all life within the areas where they harvest. This is harrowing reading at times, though essential to know, but is hard to take. Do you recall the vast devastation in the film Ocean with David Attenborough? That's it in a nutshell but set within forests. It is hard to believe that in this day and age people continue to turn their backs on nature. Humans, apex predators, have become min...
