Treekeepers: The Race for a Forested Future

Title: Treekeepers: The Race for a Forested Future Author: Lauren E Oakes ISBN: 9781541603349 Publisher: Basic Books Published: 2024 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher Nature & Ecology 1622920 Publisher Description: How the path from climate change to a habitable future winds through the world's forests In recent years, planting a tree has become a catchall to represent "doing something good for the planet." Many companies commit to planting a tree with every purchase. But who plants those trees and where? Will they flourish and offer the benefits that people expect? Can all the individual efforts around the world help remedy the ever-looming climate crisis? In Treekeepers, Lauren E. Oakes takes us on a poetic and practical journey from the Scottish Highlands to the Panamanian jungle to meet the scientists, innovators, and local citizens wh