Posts in For The Forests
Dr. CHAD HANSON on the Myths & Misinformation of Wildland Fires /97

Learn about what happens in a post fire habitat, why fire is an ecological treasure, not a disaster, how significantly climate change will impact wildfires, and why both politicians and the United States Forest Service have a vested interest in spreading misinformation when it comes to forest management.

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Dr. BIRUTÉ MARY GALDIKAS on Orangutan Refugees in Their Own Land /93

We are joined by Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas, a globally renowned anthropologist, conservationist, and orangutan researcher. She has been researching and working with wild and wild-born ex-captive orangutans for nearly half a century.

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JUREK LUBINSKI on Protecting Europe's Last Primeval Forest /74

Jurek Lubiński and his community, Obóz dla Puszczy (Camp of the Forest) are successfully fighting for the rights of this ancient forest’s protection.

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PETER WOHLLEBEN on the Hidden Life of Trees /67

Drawing on groundbreaking new discoveries, Peter Wohlleben studies the social life of trees, how they rely on one another and build communities. Our tree elders have so much to teach us about relationship building and community.

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NALINI NADKARNI on Discovering Forest Canopy Microcosms /62

Called "the queen of canopy research," Nalini Nadkarni explores the rich, vital world found in the tops of trees. Dr. Nadkarni takes us on a journey into the canopies to learn about the spectacular biota of the canopy.

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JODY HOLMES on Keeping the Great Bear Standing /51

We are joined by Jody Holmes, primary architect of a historic multi-generational agreement to conserve and sustainably manage the Great Bear Rainforest, one of the largest old growth temperate rainforests on the planet.

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BREN SMITH on Underwater Food Forests For Ailing Oceans /44

Bren Smith of Green Wave is determined to pioneer and popularize a food system that carries marine restoration in its very architecture. Having spent his life on the seas from Newfoundland to Alaska, Bren has witnessed first hand the collapse of global fisheries.

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DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER on Replanting the Global Forest, Part Two /33

Diana was educated by elders who instructed her in the Brehon knowledge of plants and nature. Told she was the last child of ancient Ireland and told to one day bring this knowledge to a troubled future, Diana has done exactly that. Her Bioplan is an ambitious plan encouraging ordinary people to develop a new relationship with nature.

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DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER on Replanting the Global Forest, Part One /32

Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a one-woman force of regeneration of the biosphere! A botanist, medical biochemist and self-defined "renegade scientist," she brings together ethnobotany, horticulture, spirituality and alternative medicine.

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TOM WALDO on Fighting For Alaska's Ancient Rainforest /19

Today we will take an in depth look at the Tongass National Forest, the largest of US national forests, it consists of one third of the world’s coastal temperate rainforest ecosystem. Tom Waldo, senior staff attorney with Earth Justice in AK, who has dedicated the last 25 years to defending Alaska’s ancient forests.

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