‘The trees are trying to tell us things’: the ecologist championing our ancient forests
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Ted Green, a conservation adviser to the crown estate at Windsor, has a provocative take on our ‘living heritage’

Ted Green is a rebel. He calls sheep “land maggots”. A horse-riding centre is “a dog-food complex”. And the ancient tree expert’s new book includes a photo of him sticking up two fingers at a portrait of Margaret Thatcher.

But the influential, iconoclastic Green, 89, who has lived his whole life around Windsor Great Park and still works as a conservation adviser for the crown estate, is also a staunch advocate for King Charles’s protection of Britain’s unique trove of ancient trees.

  • TWeaKEnglish
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    10 months ago

    TL;DR:

    For me, the trees are trying to tell us things. In the past, miners took canaries down the mine. If we want to look at the health of Europe, we only have to look at the health of the trees. Our single biggest obligation is the care of our ancient trees north of the Mediterranean.