The Lost Rainforests of Britain, Guy Shrubsole
The Lost Rainforests of Britain, Guy Shrubsole
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The Lost Rainforests of Britain

Author: Guy Shrubsole

Narrator: Guy Shrubsole

Unabridged: 9 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/27/2022

Synopsis

WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION 2023 The Science Book of the Year As seen on Countryfile ‘If anyone was born to save Britain’s rainforests, it was Guy Shrubsole’ Shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society Literary Prize Temperate rainforest may once have covered up to one-fifth of Britain, inspiring Celtic druids, Welsh wizards, Romantic poets, and Arthur Conan Doyle’s most loved creations. Though only fragments now remain, they are home to a dazzling variety of luminous life-forms. In this awe-inspiring investigation, Guy Shrubsole travels through the Western Highlands and the Lake District, down to the rainforests of Wales, Devon, and Cornwall to map these spectacular lost worlds for the first time. This is the extraordinary tale of one person’s quest to find Britain’s lost rainforests – and bring them back. *Guy's next book is out now*

About Guy Shrubsole

Guy Shrubsole is an environmental campaigner and writer. He is the author of , an instant bestseller, and , which won the Wainwright Prize for Writing on Conservation. For the past decade Guy has campaigned on the climate and nature crises, working for organisations ranging from Friends of the Earth and the Right to Roam campaign, to Defra. He lives in Devon.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James

As a local of Dartmoor and visitor of Wistmans woods, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. The author makes a case for the importance of rewildling British countryside and the challenges conservation efforts like this come up against. I shall be much more aware of these efforts in Dartmoor especi......more

Goodreads review by Charul

This could've been a journal article. He basically just repeats himself in every chapter. And also I'm irked that he presents some of these ideas as his own when - for example - there are plenty of literature scholars that have looked at ecocriticism in the works of romantic poets and myths/folktale......more

Quotes

‘ … that remain in parts of western Britain’ ‘’ ‘ … and a plea to act before they are extinguished’ ‘[] could be a lament but instead it is ’ ‘ and … ’ ‘ … ’ ‘ full of woodland jewels, ’ ‘’ ‘A book … ’, author of the -bestselling ‘ … , and for anyone interested in rewilding and ecological restoration’, author of ‘, Guy Shrubsole gives us . Impeccably researched, convincingly argued and with generous measures of joyful discovery, ’, author of

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