National Geographic - UK (2022-05)

Still Standing Tall

From beeches in Italy

to laurels on Madeira,

a photographer

highlights the many

wonders of European

old-growth forests.

STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHS

BY ORSOLYA HAARBERG

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THE BIG IDEA

Lives Depend

on Forests

Why we, and all life

on Earth, need trees.

BY SUZANNE SIMARD ...P. 1 5

DECODER

The First Forests

A discovery in China

reveals clues about

arboreal evolution.

BY MONICA SERRANO

AND SCOTT ELDER ....P. 2 4

ALSO

• Seeds That Need Saving


• Trees and Earthquakes


• Minnesota’s Lost 40


• How to Be an Arbornaut

The Phantom

Redwood

The albino variety is

rare and mysterious.

BY NADIA DRAKE

PHOTOGRAPHS BY

KENNY HURTADO

The Future

of Forests

Around the globe,

climate change and

other human distur-

bances are fueling

threats to trees.

But we still have time

to limit the damage.

BY CRAIG WELCH .......P. 3 4

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CONTENTS

Fighting Fire

With Fire

In Australia, Aboriginal

people follow a

cultural tradition to

help conserve their

ancestral homelands.

BY KYLIE STEVENSON

PHOTOGRAPHS BY

MATTHEW ABBOTT

A Fragile Refuge for

Forest Elephants

Already imperiled by

poaching and habitat

loss, the critically

endangered animals

in Gabon now face

a shortage of food.

BY YUDHIJIT

BHATTACHARJEE

PHOTOGRAPHS BY

JASPER DOEST

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The World’s Forests

With our detailed

charts and maps,

discover how decades

of change have trans-

formed these vital

hubs of biodiversity.

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