The Lost Rainforests of Britain

AS SEEN ON COUNTRYFILE The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year ''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.

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Guy Shrubsole is an environmental campaigner and writer. He is the author of Who Owns England?, an instant Sunday Times bestseller, The Lost Rainforests of Britain, which won the Wainwright Prize for Writing on Conservation and was shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society Literary Prize, and forthcoming The Lie of the Land. For the past decade and a half Guy has campaigned on the climate and nature crises, working for a wide range of organisations from Friends of the Earth and the Right to Roam campaign, to the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). He lives in Devon.

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WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION 2023The 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

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AS SEEN ON COUNTRYFILE The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year 'If anyone was born to save Britain's rainforests, it was Guy Shrubsole' Sunday Times