The Memory of Trees
eBook - ePub

The Memory of Trees

The future of eucalypts and our home among them

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Memory of Trees

The future of eucalypts and our home among them

About this book

Most Australians see their world through eucalypts. From towering forests to straggly woodlands, in city parks, by the coast and in the bush, these are the trees that inhabit our familiar landscapes and national psyche. Yet the resilience of our eucalypt ecosystems is being tested by logging and land clearing, disease and drought, fire and climate change. In many places they are a faded remnant of those known by past generations. How important is the memory of these trees?In search of answers, Viki Cramer takes us on a journey through the richest botanical corner of the continent, exploring forests of rugged jarrah and majestic karri, woodlands of enduring salmon gum and burnished-bark gimlet. Spending time with the people caring for these precious places, she interrogates the decisions of the past, takes a measure of the present and glimpses hope for the landscapes of tomorrow.The Memory of Trees will make you look anew at the trees and environments that sustain us and show the many ways that, together, we can ensure their future.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Map of south-west Western Australia
  5. Chapter 1 The catena
  6. Chapter 2 Surviving in one place
  7. Chapter 3 The illimitable forest
  8. Chapter 4 Of virgins and veterans
  9. Chapter 5 The target and the tension
  10. Chapter 6 Islands of yesterday
  11. Chapter 7 The last great woodland
  12. Chapter 8 Whatever happened to salinity?
  13. Chapter 9 Healing land, healing people
  14. Chapter 10 A different kind of love
  15. Common and scientific names of plant species referred to in the text
  16. Acknowledgements
  17. Notes
  18. Index
  19. Copyright Page