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"Natural history and adventure travel collide in this powerful book about the decline and recovery of the world's forests--with a provocative argument for their survival. In A Trillion Trees, veteran environmental journalist Fred Pearce takes readers on a whirlwind journey through some of the most spectacular forests around the world. Along the way, he charts the extraordinary pace of forest destruction, and explores why some are beginning to recover....

"Forests have been called the lungs of the world. They produce most of Earth's oxygen. Forests also prevent erosion and provide homes for countless plant and animal species. Many of the world's forests, however, are disappearing"--Page [4] of cover.

"Beginning in the late 1980s, a series of bark beetle outbreaks unsettled in the forests of western North America. An insect the size of a rice kernal eventually killed more than 30 billion pine and spruce trees from Alaska to New Mexico. Drawing on first-hand accounts from entomologists, botanists, foresters, and rural residents, Nikiforuk investigates this unprecedented beetle plague, its startling implications, and the lessons it holds"--Provided...

"While animals are at risk because of poaching and pollution, the places they call home are also under constant attack. Readers discover what a shrinking rainforest means for the countless animals that call it home, and what human activities like logging and farming have done to forests in this book full of color photographs and stunning information. It takes thousands of years to grow a forest, but it's often all too easy for humans to cut a forest...