Heartwood

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ISBN: 9781922779670

The Art and Science of Growing Trees for Conservation and Profit

Rowan Reid

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Melbourne Books
14 April 2026

Environmentalist thought & ideology; Conservation of the environment; Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques

Why do we assume trees can only be grown for either conservation or profit, but never both?

What if there was a way that landholders could profit from harvesting timber from the trees they plant for stock shelter, biodiversity, soil erosion control and beautification - whilst also helping control climate change?

Almost ten years since the initial publication of Heartwood, Rowan Reid returns to the fundamental challenge at the centre of his work - why must profit and conservation be at opposite ends of the forestry spectrum? In this new, updated and revised edition, Reid proposes a radical new approach to forestry and Landcare that challenges the idea that harvesting trees for timber is always bad for the environment. In fact, using real examples from his own farm and others around Australia and overseas, he proves that cutting down trees for firewood, furniture and building timbers can not only be good for the environment, but can also help pay the cost of large-scale landscape restoration. This book offers landholders, governments and the conservation movement a practical commercial solution to their environmental problems.

'Threats to our forest, our home, and possibly my own legacy, remain,' Reid writes. 'Fortunately, time, so often the enemy of life, enhances both forests and families.' In 2026, after almost ten years of increased climate catastrophe, extreme weather events and devastating fires, he writes- 'I hope our trees ... will provide some meaning and purpose to the lives of our grandchildren, if only as a refuge, a home, or a family story to which they can always return.'

By: Rowan Reid
Imprint: Melbourne Books
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 151mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 374g
ISBN: 9781922779670
ISBN 10: 1922779679
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 14 April 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rowan Reid (B.For.Sci. & M.For.Sci.) is a forester amongst farmers. His passion for trees began as a child in the coastal eucalypt forests of southern Victoria and has led to a life teaching and working with farmers around the world. Rowan won the 2001 Australian Eureka Prize for Excellence in Environmental Education for his farmer course (The Australian Master TreeGrower), which he continues to deliver around Australia and internationally (Africa, Timor Leste, Indonesia etc.). A Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne for 20 years, Rowan continues his academic teaching and research as a Senior Fellow of the university and the managing director of the Australian Agroforestry Foundation (a not-for-profit organisation). Since the publication of Agroforestry in Australia and New Zealand (1985), Rowan has written or co-authored eight other books and is an internationally recognised leader in farmer education and extension.