T. R. Shankar Raman
@mizoraman@biodiversity.social
Naturalist and wildlife scientist @ Nature Conservation Foundation, India. Author of 'The Wild Heart of India', co-author 'Pillars of Life: Magnificent Trees of the Western Ghats', co-editor, 'At the Feet of Living Things'. Toots in my personal capacity. Blog: View from Elephant Hills http://shankarraman.in #nature #NatureWriting #ecology #wildlife #conservation #science #books #birds #fedi22 #CitizenScience #biodiversity #EcologicalRestoration
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https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/why-looking-at-trees-is-a-type-of-rebellion-book-review/
#Bookreview #trees
The book doesn’t try to advocate for trees or talk about their functionality and importance to human life...The tactics tree lovers normally use to try to get the unaffected to care about trees are all thrown out the window. Here, trees deserve to exist because they are living beings. ... in boldly claiming space for trees, the book veers away from anthropocentrism, the belief that human beings are the central and most important beings in the universe.