Focusing mainly on North America but also touching on other parts of the world, this books paints a bleak but clearly realistic picture of the fragility of woodlands in the face of modern industrial civilisation. The widespread death of trees is popularly blamed on pests and disease by those drawing on scientific research but this book shows how that is missing the point, that pathogens and pests are merely stepping in where forests are already weakened by pollution, and how corporate and political forces naturally deny this awkward truth (the obvious example for Europeans is the blaming of the death of elms on Dutch elm disease rather than recognising that acid rain was the cause). It also offers a poignant portrayal of the futility of many of the efforts of conservationists to make amends while the root causes remain in place.
Thoroughly researched and artfully presented, a beautiful book.
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