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Trees

From the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, to temperate rainforests in Wales, Adam Walton reveals the importance of trees and talks to the experts working to protect them.

From the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, to temperate rainforests in Wales, Adam Walton reveals the importance of trees and talks to the experts working to protect them.

Swansea based Geographer, Dr Jacqueline Rosette, discusses her research into some of the tallest trees in the Amazon rainforest, standing at 88.5 metres high!

Dr Hywel Griffiths from Aberystwyth University chats about the ancient petrified forest in Borth and a project monitoring the impact of woodland restoration.

Plus Curator of the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Alex Summers, talks about temperate rainforest biomes and introduces the National Arboretum Project, aimed at developing a tree collection for Wales and its communities for the purpose of education, research and conservation.

28 minutes

Last on

Sun 22 Jan 2023 06:30

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