Rare Trees
The Fascinating Stories of the World’s Most Threatened Species
$68.94
- Hardcover
400 pages
- Release Date
21 March 2023
Summary
Discover the secrets and beauty of the world’s rarest trees in this fantastic book filled with more than 300 color photographs. Did you know that the resin of the dragon tree was so prized that it was used and traded as medicine by the Roman Empire? Or that the Bornean ironwood is one of the only timbers dense enough to sink in water?
Trees have adapted to thrive on steep mountains, high in cloud forests, on dry savannahs, in parched deserts, and in tropical wetlands. Our own human hi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781604699524 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1604699523 |
| Author: | Sara Oldfield, Malin Rivers |
| Publisher: | Workman Publishing |
| Imprint: | Timber Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 21 March 2023 |
| Weight: | 1.56kg |
| Dimensions: | 258mm x 222mm x 32mm |
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Critics Review
“A lavishly illustrated, lovingly detailed compendium of “rare trees” of the world…In their noble efforts to honor these “rare” trees, the authors will certainly sensitize readers to the trees’ value and their peril.“–Booklist
“Full-color photos accompany fascinating facts about each tree and its environment. Rare Trees makes for a wonderful coffee table reading experience.”–425 Magazine
About The Author
Sara Oldfield
Sara Oldfield has been Secretary General of Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) since May 2005. Previously she worked as Global Programmes Director for Fauna & Flora International. She has worked for a wide range of other conservation organisations, including UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and as a freelance consultant for over ten years, as a researcher and policy advisor for international biodiversity conservation. Sara is also Chair of the IUCN/SSC Global Tree Specialist Group, responsible for promoting and implementing projects to identify and protect globally red-listed tree species.
Malin Rivers is the Head of Conservation Prioritisation at Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). She manages the red list programme at BGCI, with its current focus on the Global Tree Assessment. Recent tree red list projects include Magnoliaceae, Theaceae, European trees, Madagascar trees. In addition, Malin is the Red List Authority Coordinator and Secretary of the IUCN/SSC Global Tree Specialist Group and the Chair of the Red List Technical Working Group. She has worked with plant conservation in botanic gardens for over ten years.
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