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  • The Lost Rainforests of Britain

  • By: Guy Shrubsole
  • Narrated by: Guy Shrubsole
  • Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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The Lost Rainforests of Britain

By: Guy Shrubsole
Narrated by: Guy Shrubsole
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Publisher's summary

WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION 2023

The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year As seen on Countryfile

‘If anyone was born to save Britain’s rainforests, it was Guy Shrubsole’ Sunday Times

Shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society Literary Prize

Temperate rainforest may once have covered up to one-fifth of Britain, inspiring Celtic druids, Welsh wizards, Romantic poets, and Arthur Conan Doyle’s most loved creations. Though only fragments now remain, they are home to a dazzling variety of luminous life-forms.

In this awe-inspiring investigation, Guy Shrubsole travels through the Western Highlands and the Lake District, down to the rainforests of Wales, Devon, and Cornwall to map these spectacular lost worlds for the first time.

This is the extraordinary tale of one person’s quest to find Britain’s lost rainforests – and bring them back.

©2022 Guy Shrubsole (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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Critic reviews

RemarkableShrubsole has completely changed the way many people look at the temperate woodlands that remain in parts of western Britain’ Financial Times

If anyone was born to save Britain’s rainforests, it was Guy ShrubsoleSunday Times, The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year

Fascinating, lyricalA celebration of these dazzling worlds and a plea to act before they are extinguished’ The Times

‘[The Lost Rainforests of Britain] could be a lament but instead it is suffused with the irrepressible positivity and cheerful enthusiasm of a born campaignerPatrick Barkham, Guardian

Enchanting and insightfulWonderfully evocativeGeographical

ExcellentInspiringUnherd

A treasure chest full of woodland jewels, rare, precious and beautiful
Chris Packham

A magnificent and crucial book that opens our eyes to untold wonders
George Monbiot

‘A beautiful, lyrical and urgent book … I cannot recommend it enough
Nick Hayes, author of the Sunday Times-bestselling The Book of Trespass

Utterly enchanting, transporting and spellbindingA rallying cry for restoring the rainforests of Britain urgently, and an inspiring and informative must-read for anyone interested in rewilding and ecological restoration’
Lucy Jones, author of Losing Eden

Passionate, powerful, political and practicable, Guy Shrubsole gives us a blueprint for how to bring our missing rainforests back to life in all their riotous, tangled glory. Impeccably researched, convincingly argued and with generous measures of joyful discovery, this really is a spectacular book
Lee Schofield, author of Wild Fell

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Good content, but poorly represented

There is plenty of good content in this book, however it is riddled with inappropriate, off-topic, opinionated, preachy/cultish environmentalism. Author does not just present information, but attempts to shape your opinion.

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Superb and urgently needed

I’ve always been fascinated by the places and as the author desperately points out we need to let them expand naturally and in many cases give them a helping hand.

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