Book description
WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION 2023 The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year As seen on Countryfile
'If anyone was born to save Britain's rainforests, it was Guy Shrubsole' Sunday Times
Shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society Literary Prize
Temperate rainforest may once have covered…
Why read it?
2 authors picked The Lost Rainforests of Britain as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The oakwoods of western Britain can look a little dull, but this rebranding of them, legitimately, as temperate rainforests, suddenly draws attention to them as special places that we should take responsibility for conserving.
Though I already knew many of the sites mentioned, I started to see them from a different perspective, to see their beauty afresh, and to think more about their vulnerability to changes in our climate, and to the impact of invasive species.
From Keith's list on woodland history and woodland conservation.
I loved this book as I live near one of the ‘lost’ rainforests Guy Shrubsole talks about, and I was able to learn more about it, and understand why the wood is such a special place, not just to me personally, but on an ecological level too.
I had heard a rumour that my local woodland is a temperate rainforest, but I had no idea what the basis was for that idea.
In the book Guy Shrubsole explains how to spot a temperate rainforest (a place where there are epiphytes present – plants growing on plants growing on plants) as…
From Rebecca's list on to reconnect you to nature.
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