The Memory of Trees

The future of eucalypts and our home among them

Viki Cramer

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Thames & Hudson
27 June 2023

True stories: discovery, historical & scientific; Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Management of land & natural resources

Most Australians see their world through eucalypts. From towering forests to straggly woodlands, in city parks, by the coast and in the bush, these are the trees that inhabit our familiar landscapes and national psyche. Yet the resilience of our eucalypt ecosystems is being tested by logging and land clearing, disease and drought, fire and climate change. In many places they are a faded remnant of those known by past generations. How important is the memory of these trees?

In search of answers, Viki Cramer takes us on a journey through the richest botanical corner of the continent, exploring forests of rugged jarrah and majestic karri, woodlands of enduring salmon gum and burnished-bark gimlet. Spending time with the people caring for these precious places, she interrogates the decisions of the past, takes a measure of the present and glimpses hope for the landscapes of tomorrow.

The Memory of Trees will make you look anew at the trees and environments that sustain us and show the many ways that, together, we can ensure their future.

By: Viki Cramer
Imprint: Thames & Hudson
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 372g
ISBN: 9781760762360
ISBN 10: 1760762369
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 27 June 2023
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Viki Cramer is a writer and ecologist who lives on Noongar Country in the south-west of Western Australia, among some of the most extraordinary and diverse plant life on the planet. She has lived and worked in the mulga lands, brigalow belt, eucalypt woodlands and subtropical rainforests of Queensland, the monsoon vine forests of the Northern Territory, and the eucalypt forests and woodlands of Western Australia. In 2021 she was awarded a Dahl Fellowship from Eucalypt Australia.

Reviews for The Memory of Trees: The future of eucalypts and our home among them

This brilliant ecological history of South-West Western Australia is a testament to the area's beauty and diversity, as well as a calling to account of the sustained failures in stewardship since white colonisation. The Memory of Trees celebrates the local while speaking to the global: the power of trees and community, and the urgent need to take responsibility for the landscapes that sustain us. * Inga Simpson *