Trees: From Root to Leaf – A Financial Times Book of the Year

ISBN-13: 9780500024058 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 320 str.

Paul Smith

Recenzje

'Stunningly illustrated and detailed ... a celebration of all things arboreal, from the seeds, leaves, flowers and fruit to the diversity of trees and how they have influenced art, culture and science' - Sunday Times

Spis treści

Foreword
Introduction

1. Seeds
2. Leaves
3. Form
4. Bark
5. Wood
6. Flowers
7. Fruits
8. Symbiosis
9. Trees and Us

O autorze

Paul Smith has worked in conservation for over twenty-five years and joined Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) as its Secretary General in March 2015. He recently co-authored the 'State of the World's Trees' report, published on 1 September 2021 as part of the IUCN World Conservation Congress, an event driving action on nature-based recovery, biodiversity and climate change. He was previously Head of Kew Garden's Millennium Seed Bank (MSB), London, where he oversaw its conservations of seeds from more than 25,000 species.