**A Book of the Year in The Times and The Sunday Times ** Trees are essential for nature and
for us. Yet we are cutting and burning them at such a rate that we are fast approaching a
tipping point. But there is still hope. If we had a trillion more trees the damage could be
undone. Combining cutting-edge scientific research with vivid travel writing Fred Pearce shows
how we achieve this. Challenging received wisdom about the need for planting he explains why
the best strategy is to stand back stop the destruction and let nature - and those who dwell
in the forests - do the rest. Lucid revelatory and often surprising A Trillion Trees is an
environmental call to arms and a celebration of our planet's vast arboreal riches.
