National Geographic (May 2022)

149 pages. Features: *Still standing tall: From beeches in Italy, to laurels on Madeira, a photographer highlights the many wonders of European old-growth forest *Lives depend on forests: Why we, and all life on Earth, need trees *The first forests: A discovery in China reveals clues about arboreal evolution *The Phantom Redwood: The albino variety is rare and mysterious *The future of forests: Around the globe, climate change and other human disturbances are fueling threats to trees. But we still have time to limit the damage *Fighting fire with fire: In Australia, Aboriginal people follow a cultural tradition to help conserve their ancestral homelands *A fragile refuge for forest elephants: A ready imperiled by poaching and habitat loss, the critically endangered animals in Gabon now face a shortage of food *The world's forests: With our detailed charts and maps, discover how decades of change have transformed these vital hubs of biodiversity