Saving the World: How Forests Inspired Global Efforts to Stop Climate Change

by Gregory A. Barton and Brett M. Bennett

An illuminating history of the forgotten concept of climatic botany that underscores how vital forests are to our future.

Saving the World tells the forgotten history of climatic botany, the idea that forests are essential for creating and recycling rain. Long before the specter of global warming, societies recognized that deforestation caused drastic climate shifts--as early as 1770, concerns over deforestation spurred legislation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178914874X
• ISBN13: 9781789148749
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.6"