{"product_id":"2026200014014-secondhand-forests-of-ash-an-environmental-history","title":"Forests Of Ash: An Environmental History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the shadow of Australia's towering mountain ash forests—the tallest flowering trees on Earth—lies a history of fire, resilience, and the enduring tension between human ambition and the natural world. Forests of Ash: An Environmental History chronicles the dramatic story of the Central Highlands of Victoria, tracing the volatile relationship between European settlers, timber cutters, water catchment authorities, and conservationists with one of the most ecologically singular landscapes on the planet. Tom Griffiths masterfully reconstructs a world where catastrophic bushfires, most devastatingly the Black Friday fires of 1939, did not merely destroy but defined the cycles of life and death that have governed the mountain ash ecosystem for millennia.\n\nGriffiths writes with the precision of a scholar and the passion of a naturalist, weaving together Indigenous knowledge, colonial history, and ecological science into a narrative that is as intellectually rigorous as it is deeply moving. His work stands as a landmark contribution to Australian environmental history, illustrating how a single, remarkable forest can serve as a lens through which to examine the broader consequences of human hubris and ecological ignorance. As climate pressures mount and the forests face new and unprecedented threats, Forests of Ash leaves the reader with an urgent and haunting question: how much longer can these ancient giants endure?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49210243023067,"sku":"2026200014014-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/3b032c18-2582-45ac-b82b-014e79958759.png?v=1788267906","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014014-secondhand-forests-of-ash-an-environmental-history","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}