German forester Peter Wohlleben has had a love affair with trees for decades.
Granted, many of his observations come from study and research done in his native Germany. His keen insights have captured the interest and imagination of scientists, scholars, environmentalists, students, and anyone passionate about our natural world, specifically that of the world’s forests.
While the majority of trees in Wohlleben’s world fall in the temperate zone, in the second largest biome on the planet covering some 25 percent of the world’s forest area (beeches, oaks, spruce, and maples to name a few), his concern for all of nature’s trees whether in a boreal or tropical rainforest is undisputed….