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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
its so fun going to environmental school beacuse like wow some of these people are my professors, how cool is that.
There is a real lack of indigenous perspective in the book. While its informative and interesting and I know not everything can be put into one book, that feels like something that should be there.
There is a real lack of indigenous perspective in the book. While its informative and interesting and I know not everything can be put into one book, that feels like something that should be there.
Short overview of what makes old growth forests unique compared to younger and managed forests. The most striking aspect of the book is the way Maloof's infectious love of forests shines through her writing.
I’m not surprised, but will never stop being disappointed, by western scientists who ignore the history of Indigenous Peoples’ relationships with the land. To speak as though there is a mutually exclusive dichotomy between precolonial forests and managed forests - as though Indigenous Peoples hasn’t been managing forests for generations prior to the arrival of Europeans in what is now known as the Americas in a way that also permitted healthy, and old-growth, stands - is simply anti-scientific. It draws into question everything else a person writes because it excludes a fundamental aspect of natural history - the biocultural part involving human relationships.
I’m not saying this book isn’t interesting or accessible. It is both. I recognize many points from other things I’ve read; I’m sure the author is knowledgeable on many topics. But again - her erasure of Indigenous relationships with land that were and continue to be healthy, respectful, AND forms of management makes it impossible for me to recommend this book or rely on it for a real understanding of the status and history of forests.
I’m not saying this book isn’t interesting or accessible. It is both. I recognize many points from other things I’ve read; I’m sure the author is knowledgeable on many topics. But again - her erasure of Indigenous relationships with land that were and continue to be healthy, respectful, AND forms of management makes it impossible for me to recommend this book or rely on it for a real understanding of the status and history of forests.
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Seemed more like a series of magazine articles than a book. Not bad, but not deep enough to take anything way.
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It’s a book about how old trees are important and beautiful and various aspects of old growth forests. It’s a great exploration of old growth forests and honestly just a fun read overall. It also gives concrete differences between moss and lichen. Which is a bonus.
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