Forests
From the Amazon Rainforest to the Siberian Taiga
Published on 14. May 2025
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-83886-513-9 (ISBN)
Description
From coastal to alpine, tropical to temperate, coniferous to deciduous, forest trees not only support the wildlife that lives under their canopies, but humankind, too. We could not survive without the cooling effect that trees have on the planet.
Yet for thousands of years, we have logged forest trees and tapped their resin, we have hunted and foraged among them, found sources of medicine in their leaves and bark, and created sacred groves under their canopies. In some places we have cleared so much land that it is possible the trees will never grow back. Habitats have been lost as global temperatures have continued to rise.
But, despite the environmental damage, there is hope, too. Some areas of abandoned farmland have been reclaimed by trees. And if we look to the Mayan ruins in Mexico, we see how forests can bury even a society's grandest buildings. Given the opportunity, forests won't just outlive us, but our civilisations, too.
In this book, Kieron Connolly surveys forests from all around the globe, from deforestation in the Amazon to the reforestation of Californian redwoods, from England's New Forest to Germany's Black Forest, telling the stories of humankind's ancient links to the trees and the flora and fauna found among them.
Ranging from ecology to history, from the ravaged to the rewilded, and featuring more than 230 striking photographs, Forests is a fascinating exploration of woodland life around the world.
Yet for thousands of years, we have logged forest trees and tapped their resin, we have hunted and foraged among them, found sources of medicine in their leaves and bark, and created sacred groves under their canopies. In some places we have cleared so much land that it is possible the trees will never grow back. Habitats have been lost as global temperatures have continued to rise.
But, despite the environmental damage, there is hope, too. Some areas of abandoned farmland have been reclaimed by trees. And if we look to the Mayan ruins in Mexico, we see how forests can bury even a society's grandest buildings. Given the opportunity, forests won't just outlive us, but our civilisations, too.
In this book, Kieron Connolly surveys forests from all around the globe, from deforestation in the Amazon to the reforestation of Californian redwoods, from England's New Forest to Germany's Black Forest, telling the stories of humankind's ancient links to the trees and the flora and fauna found among them.
Ranging from ecology to history, from the ravaged to the rewilded, and featuring more than 230 striking photographs, Forests is a fascinating exploration of woodland life around the world.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Amber Books Ltd
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Laminated cover
Illustrations
Halftones, color
Dimensions
Height: 301 mm
Width: 231 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
1336 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83886-513-9 (9781838865139)
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Kieron Connolly's books include Abandoned Civilisations, Abandoned Castles and The History of Hollywood. He is a graduate in history from the University of Edinburgh and in film from the National Film & Television School. A book editor and journalist, he has written for the Mail on Sunday, Daily Mail and The Times. He lives in London.
Content
Contents include:
EUROPE
New Forest, England
Trossachs National Park, Scotland
Hallerbos Forest, Belgium
Landes forest, Gascony, France
Compiegne, France
Haguenau forest in Alsace, France
Grande Chartreuse, French Alps
Fontainebleau, Paris, France
Vizzavona forest in Corsica
Parque Nacional de Garajonay, La Gomera, Spain
Bosque de Muniellos, Asturias, Spain
Las Montanas de Anaga, Tenerife, Spain
Selva de Irati, Navarra, Spain
Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido, Aragon, Spain
Parc Natural de la Zona Volcanica de la Garrotxa, Catalonia, Spain
Ordesa National Park, Spain
Stelvio National Park, Italy
Valle Vigezzo, Italy
Sila National Park, Italy
Foresta Umbra, Italy
Belluno Dolomites, Italy
Saxon Switzerland National Park, Germany
Black Forest, Germany
Oulanka National Park, Finland
Soomaa National Park, Estonia
Trillemarka - Rollagsfjell Forest, Norway
Bialowieza Forest, Poland/Belarus
Crooked Forest, Poland
Hoia-Baciu Forest, Romania
Cozia Forest, Romania
Letea Forest, Romania
Selakano forest, Greece
Frakto Forest, Rhodope, Greece
Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
Triglav National Park, Slovenia
Carpathians, Ukraine
Siberian Taiga, Russia
AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda
Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda
Mau forest, Kenya
Karura Forest, Kenya
Cross-Niger Transition Forests
Mount Cameroon and Bioko Montane Forests, Cameroon/Nigeria
Congolese Forest, Congo
Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sapo National Park, Liberia
Dry Forests - Selous Game Reserve in southern Tanzania
Madagascan Lowland Forests
Ongoye Forest, South Africa
Newlands Forest, South Africa
Arabuko Sokoke forest
Dragon's Blood Forest, Socotra, Yemen
NORTH AMERICA
Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada
Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Cathedral Grove, an ancient Douglas fir ecosystem on Vancouver Island in British Columbia
Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada
Elk Glen, Manitoba, Canada
Happy Valley Forest, Ontario, Canada
Green Mountains Nature Reserve, Quebec, Canada
Gaff Point, Nova Scotia, Canada Tongass, Alaska, USA
Hoh Rainforest, Washington, USA
Olympic National Park, Washington, USA
Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington, USA
Boise National Forest, Idaho, USA
Salmon-Challis National Forest, Idaho, USA
Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming, USA
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Montana, USA
White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire, USA
Blue Ridge Mtns, Virginia, USA
Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests, N. Carolina, USA
Redwood National Park, California, USA
Sierra National Forest - Sequoia andYosemite, California, USA
Underwater kelp forest, Catalina Island, California, USA
Saguaro Cactus Forest, Saguaro National Park, USA
Tonto National Forest, Arizona, USA
Coconino National Forest, Arizona, USA
Gila National Forest, New Mexico, USA
Humboldt-Toiyabe, Nevada, USA
Lacandon jungle, Mexico
CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA
Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica
Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras
La Tigra National Park, Honduras
Cerro Saslaya National Park, Nicaragua
Montecristo National Park, El Salvador
Amazon Rainforest, South America
Manu National Park, Peru
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Bolivia
Atlantic Forests, Brazil
Central Suriname Nature Reserve, Suriname
Iguazu National Park, Argentina
ASIA & THE PACIFIC
Gir Forest National Park, India
Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary, India
Mollem National Park, India
Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka
Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia
Ba Be National Park, Vietnam
Khao Sok National Park, Thailand
Taman Nagara, Malaysia
Batang Ai National Park, Borneo
Kayan Mentarang National Park, Borneo
Indonesia - Sumatra, Kalimantan
New Guinea jungle
Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan, China
Tropical rainforest of Jianfeng Mountain in Hainan Province, China
Changbai Mountain Mixed Forests inJilin Province, China
Xishuangbanna Tropical Forest in Yunnan Province, China
Daxing'anling Larch Forest in Heilongjiang Province, China
Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, Japan
Daintree Rainforest, Australia
Fraser Island, Australia
Tasmanian Temperate Rain Forests
EUROPE
New Forest, England
Trossachs National Park, Scotland
Hallerbos Forest, Belgium
Landes forest, Gascony, France
Compiegne, France
Haguenau forest in Alsace, France
Grande Chartreuse, French Alps
Fontainebleau, Paris, France
Vizzavona forest in Corsica
Parque Nacional de Garajonay, La Gomera, Spain
Bosque de Muniellos, Asturias, Spain
Las Montanas de Anaga, Tenerife, Spain
Selva de Irati, Navarra, Spain
Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido, Aragon, Spain
Parc Natural de la Zona Volcanica de la Garrotxa, Catalonia, Spain
Ordesa National Park, Spain
Stelvio National Park, Italy
Valle Vigezzo, Italy
Sila National Park, Italy
Foresta Umbra, Italy
Belluno Dolomites, Italy
Saxon Switzerland National Park, Germany
Black Forest, Germany
Oulanka National Park, Finland
Soomaa National Park, Estonia
Trillemarka - Rollagsfjell Forest, Norway
Bialowieza Forest, Poland/Belarus
Crooked Forest, Poland
Hoia-Baciu Forest, Romania
Cozia Forest, Romania
Letea Forest, Romania
Selakano forest, Greece
Frakto Forest, Rhodope, Greece
Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
Triglav National Park, Slovenia
Carpathians, Ukraine
Siberian Taiga, Russia
AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda
Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda
Mau forest, Kenya
Karura Forest, Kenya
Cross-Niger Transition Forests
Mount Cameroon and Bioko Montane Forests, Cameroon/Nigeria
Congolese Forest, Congo
Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sapo National Park, Liberia
Dry Forests - Selous Game Reserve in southern Tanzania
Madagascan Lowland Forests
Ongoye Forest, South Africa
Newlands Forest, South Africa
Arabuko Sokoke forest
Dragon's Blood Forest, Socotra, Yemen
NORTH AMERICA
Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada
Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Cathedral Grove, an ancient Douglas fir ecosystem on Vancouver Island in British Columbia
Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada
Elk Glen, Manitoba, Canada
Happy Valley Forest, Ontario, Canada
Green Mountains Nature Reserve, Quebec, Canada
Gaff Point, Nova Scotia, Canada Tongass, Alaska, USA
Hoh Rainforest, Washington, USA
Olympic National Park, Washington, USA
Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington, USA
Boise National Forest, Idaho, USA
Salmon-Challis National Forest, Idaho, USA
Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming, USA
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Montana, USA
White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire, USA
Blue Ridge Mtns, Virginia, USA
Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests, N. Carolina, USA
Redwood National Park, California, USA
Sierra National Forest - Sequoia andYosemite, California, USA
Underwater kelp forest, Catalina Island, California, USA
Saguaro Cactus Forest, Saguaro National Park, USA
Tonto National Forest, Arizona, USA
Coconino National Forest, Arizona, USA
Gila National Forest, New Mexico, USA
Humboldt-Toiyabe, Nevada, USA
Lacandon jungle, Mexico
CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA
Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica
Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras
La Tigra National Park, Honduras
Cerro Saslaya National Park, Nicaragua
Montecristo National Park, El Salvador
Amazon Rainforest, South America
Manu National Park, Peru
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Bolivia
Atlantic Forests, Brazil
Central Suriname Nature Reserve, Suriname
Iguazu National Park, Argentina
ASIA & THE PACIFIC
Gir Forest National Park, India
Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary, India
Mollem National Park, India
Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka
Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia
Ba Be National Park, Vietnam
Khao Sok National Park, Thailand
Taman Nagara, Malaysia
Batang Ai National Park, Borneo
Kayan Mentarang National Park, Borneo
Indonesia - Sumatra, Kalimantan
New Guinea jungle
Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan, China
Tropical rainforest of Jianfeng Mountain in Hainan Province, China
Changbai Mountain Mixed Forests inJilin Province, China
Xishuangbanna Tropical Forest in Yunnan Province, China
Daxing'anling Larch Forest in Heilongjiang Province, China
Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, Japan
Daintree Rainforest, Australia
Fraser Island, Australia
Tasmanian Temperate Rain Forests