Since the birth of agriculture, people have been clearing forests to make space for crops and livestock. Over the past 300 years, 1.5 billion hectares of forest have been lost.
Robinson questions whether just planting trees is the solution to deforestation, noting that tree-planting initiatives have often become a means of 'greenwashing' corporate emissions.
Deforestation has been linked to an increased chance of disease outbreaks, because people come into contact more often with animals whose habitats have been destroyed.
In 'Treewilding', Robinson explores how we can best protect existing forests from deforestation and restore those that have been lost, acknowledging some deforestation is inevitable.
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