Diana Beresford-Kroeger
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About the Author
DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER is a world-recognized botanist, medical biochemist and author, whose work uniquely combines western scientific knowledge and the traditional concepts of the ancient world. Her books include To Speak for the Trees, The Sweetness of a Simple Life, The Global Forest, Arboretum Borealis, Arboretum America (winner of the National Arbor Day Foundation Award for exemplary educational work on trees and forests), Time Will Tell and A Garden for Life. Among many honours, Beresford-Kroeger was recently awarded the Louis Kamookak Medal by the Royal Canadian Geographic Society, and also earned a PhD in cardiac physiology. Her work has inspired artists and writers, as well as leading scientists. She is the author and presenter of a feature documentary, Call of the Forest. Currently she is advocating on behalf of an ambitious global “bioplan” encouraging ordinary people to develop a new relationship with nature and join together to restore the global forest.