From the seashore to the highest mountains; from new-sprouted saplings
to venerable stands several thousand years old, trees are a familiar
fixture in Taiwan's landscape. They keep watch over innumerable cycles
of life and pervade the mystic world of nature. Trees are an enduring,
patient voice for the earth ... a melody that pervades and shapes
perceptions of our earthbound existence.
This work documents the rise and current fall to man of Taiwan's great
forest heritage as well as how forests are entwined inextricably into
our future. Discover within the beauty of Taiwan's forest ecosystem, the
folk wisdom of Taiwan's indigenous peoples, the causes and effects of
change in Taiwan's highland forest environments, and stories of several
forest conservationists working to make a difference.
