We should all read Fred's book. He tells us in a practical and most readable way, how we can bring back the forests of the Earth and restore our planet to health. Never think that we can plant a forest ecosystem. The mega mix of species has to come together by itself. That is the best and easiest way to save ourselves and perhaps Gaia -- James Lovelock That most commonplace thing, a tree, is now our best hope for maintaining a habitable planet. This book explains in accessible, urgent prose the many wondrous workings of trees in making rain, wind, oxygen and habitats for much of life on earth as well as a vision for how we can, and must, reforest the world. Essential reading for the twenty-first century -- Ben Rawlence With Pearce, one of the UK's best science journalists, you always know you are going to get something interesting and counterintuitive. That is certainly the case with this insightful science-based travelogue... [ A Trillion Trees] deserves to become an environmental classic * Literary Review * Erudite and authoritative... He takes the reader deep into the forests and finds the real story * Mail on Sunday * Eloquently mulls the ecological dynamics of forests as well as the social, economic, cultural, and political forces that determine their fate * LA Review of Books *
