Forests, Rainforests

Innate Terrain addresses the varied perceptions of Canadas natural terrain, framing the discussion in the context of landscapes designed by Canadia...

Saving the World tells the forgotten history of climatic botany, the idea that forests are essential for creating and recycling rain. Long before t...

The nations of the Global North are responding to the climate change emergency with emissions trading schemes and alternative sources of energy. Me...

Half of all the animal and plant species on Earth live in tropical rainforests. Learn all about life in the trees, in the rivers and on the ground....

New, groundbreaking science on forests for forest owners and managers.North American landscapes have been shaped by humans for millennia through fi...

Though seasonally dry tropical forests are equally as important to global biodiversity as tropical rainforests, and are one of the most representat...

2020 Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Award During the nineteenth century, the development and codification of forest science in France were closely linked ...

Because of the long-standing Canada-U.S. lumber trade dispute and the current pressure on the world's forests as a renewable energy source, much at...

Widespread human alteration of the planet has led many scholars to claim that we have entered a new epoch in geological time: the Anthropocene, an ...

Cottonwood and the River of Time looks at some of the approaches scientists have used to unravel the puzzles of the natural world. With a lifetime ...

Forests offer a natural solution to the climate crisis. Conserving and expanding them not only removes carbon from the atmosphere but also protects...

Giant redwoods are American icons, paragons of grandeur, exceptionalism, and endurance. They are also symbols of conflict and negotiation, remnants...

Organizing Nature explores how the environment is organized in Canadas resource-dependent economy. The book examines how particular ecosystem compo...

Widespread human alteration of the planet has led many scholars to claim that we have entered a new epoch in geological time: the Anthropocene, an ...

This comprehensive book offers a fascinating overview of how those fires are fought, and some conversation-starters for how we might reimagine our ...

A ground-breaking and beautifully written investigation into the Arctic Treeline with an urgent environmental message.'Evocative, wise and unflinch...

From the acclaimed author of In Praise of Paths comes a humorous and modest Walden for modern times.As nature becomes ever more precious, we all wa...

Discover the secrets and beauty of the worlds rarest trees in this fantastic book filled with more than 300 color photographs. Did you know that ...

A rare gift: an inspiring tale about trees, trauma and the very purpose of life. Andrew Nikiforuk, author of Empire of the Beetle Diana Beresford...

Large-scale tree planting is advocated to provide additional atmospheric cooling and further reduce global warming. This raises a question about th...

A spectacularly illustrated journey into the intimate communities that native trees share with animals, insects, fungi, and microbesYou can tell a ...

Bring trees to life like you've never seen before as The Tree Book invites you on an enchanting and illustrated journey into the astonishingly dive...

From antiquity until today, trees and woods have inspired artists, writers and scientists; they have shaped cultures and reverberated through belie...

Forests of Refuge questions the effectiveness of market-based policies that govern forests in the interest of mitigating climate change. Yolanda Ar...

Forests of Refuge questions the effectiveness of market-based policies that govern forests in the interest of mitigating climate change. Yolanda Ar...

In 1950, the biggest firestorm documented in North Americaone fire alone burned 3,500,000 acres of boreal forest in northern Alberta and British Co...