Canopy of Titans

Trees are crucial in preserving a liveable future.Canopy of Titansmakes an eloquent plea for saving one of North America's last great forests.
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

InCanopy of Titans, Paul Koberstein and Jessica Applegate examine the global importance of the PacificCoastal 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.

Drawing 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,Canopy of Titansshines a light on the Indigenous communities that have lived in the rainforest for millennia, and the impact forest policies have had on their lives.