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The Compass: Under the Canopy: Forests of hope and the future

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Forests of hope and the future

17/03/2021 GMT

Under the Canopy

BBC World Service - The Compass, Under the Canopy, Forests of hope and the future

Jessica J. Lee explores the myriad ways that forests operate in our lives

Jessica J Lee explores ideas like Wood Wide Web, which recognises that forests operate as communities of mutually supportive trees rather than individual trees fighting to survive

Writer Jessica J Lee, sets out to describe the myriad ways that forests operate in our lives and the life of the planet. In the final part of ‘Under The Canopy’, Jessica looks for stories of hope to set against the headlines depicting the mass deforestation that continues to take place around the world. She speaks with a variety of groups - in Canada, Burkina Faso, Brazil, Germany and Great Britain - who are finding different ways to re-invigorate forests, whether through peaceful protest, re-forestation programmes or internet start-ups. Jessica considers the best ways of re-building the strong, mixed forests that will prove so important in our battle against climate change.

Forest sounds appear courtesy of the 'Sounds of the Forest' project
 
Original musical composition: Erland Cooper
 
Spells written by Robert Macfarlane and these are read by Maxine Peake and the Bird sisters

Photo credit: Geoff A Bird

The Compass: Under the Canopy

In this new three part series for ‘The Compass’ writer Jessica J. Lee, sets out to describe the myriad ways that forests operate in our lives and the life of the planet.

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