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Title: Saving the World: How Forests Inspired Global Efforts to Stop Climate Change
Author: BENNETT BRETT M/BARTON GREGORY A
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 01/10/2024
Imprint: REAKTION
Price: $40.00
Publishing status: NOT YET PUBLISHED
Saving the World tells the forgotten history of climatic botany, the idea that forests are essential for creating and recycling rain. Long before the spectre of global warming, societies recognised that deforestation caused drastic climate shifts – as early as 1770, concerns over deforestation spurred legislation to combat human-induced climate change.
Across the twentieth century, climatic botany experienced fluctuating fortunes, influenced by technological advancements and evolving meteorological theories. Remarkably, contemporary scientists are rediscovering the crucial role of forests in rainfall recycling, unaware of the long history of climatic botany.
This enlightening exploration is essential reading for anyone passionate about conserving the world’s forests and preserving our climate for future generations.
Review: \”Saving the World . . . details the ways in which eighteenth-century initiatives against deforestation, motivated by the belief that forests recycled rain, advanced humanity’s understanding of how human actions affect climate.\”– \”Publishers Weekly\”
Contents: Introduction The Forgotten History of Climatic Botany Chapter 1: Redeeming the New World Chapter 2: Losing the New World: When Climate Change Became Bad Chapter 3: Stopping Climate Change in British India Chapter 4: The Evaporation of the Forest-Climate Question Chapter 5: State of Emergency: Saving the World from Deserts Chapter 6: How Dreams of Reclaiming Deserts Evaporated Chapter 7: The Revival of the Forest-Rainfall Connection Conclusion Making Meaning from Climate Change References Bibliography Acknowledgements Index
Author Biography:
Brett M. Bennett is Associate Professor of History at Western Sydney University, Australia, and the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His publications include Plantations and Protected Areas: A Global History of Forest Management (2015).
Gregory A. Barton is Professor of History at Western Sydney University, Australia, and the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His publications include The Global History of Organic Farming (2018).
ISBN: 9781789148749
Edition: 01