{"product_id":"canopy-of-titans-jessica-applegate-9781682193457","title":"Canopy of Titans: The Life and Times of the Great North American Temperate Rainforest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrees are crucial in preserving a liveable future.\u003cem\u003e Canopy of Titans\u003c\/em\u003e makes an eloquent plea for saving one of North America's last great forests.\u003cbr\u003e-- Elizabeth Kolbert, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eCanopy of Titans\u003c\/em\u003e, Paul Koberstein and Jessica Applegate examine the global importance of the Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest that stretches from Northern California to Alaska. Their urgent and authoritative account sets out the threats facing a vital environmental resource, and celebrates the beauty and complexity of one of the world's great forests. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on years of on-the-ground reporting, Koberstein and Applegate pull back the curtain on policies of governmental bodies that have seriously diminished the rainforest's capacity to store carbon, and uncover industry practices that have led to the destruction of swaths of a major ecological resource. Additionally, using an environmental justice perspective, \u003cem\u003eCanopy of Titans\u003c\/em\u003e shines a light on the Indigenous communities that have lived in the rainforest for millennia, and the impact forest policies have had on their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica Applegate, Paul Koberstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1682193454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682193457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e OR Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/29\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/27\/2022","brand":"Jessica Applegate","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44067645948159,"sku":"9781682193457","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_402ebb8a-c1f4-44bf-8959-3c5b367e92b0.jpg?v=1685414485","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/canopy-of-titans-jessica-applegate-9781682193457","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}