SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON GLOBAL
CONSERVATION 2020 For readers of George Monbiot, Isabella Tree and
Robert Macfarlane - an urgent and lyrical account of endangered
places around the globe and the people fighting to save them.
'Powerful, timely, beautifully written and wonderfully hopeful...
Julian Hoffman shines a light on what we had, what we have, and how
much we still stand to lose' Rob Cowen, author of Common Ground
'Unforgettable. At a time when the Earth often seems broken beyond
repair, this courageous and hopeful book offers life-changing
encounters with the more-than-human world' Nancy Campbell, author
of The Library of Ice 'Wonderful, tender and subtle, beautifully
written and filled with a calm authority... No book has done more
to champion the idea that connections between the human and the
natural are the lifeblood of everything that matters' Adam
Nicolson, author of The Seabird's Cry All across the world,
irreplaceable habitats are under threat. Unique ecosystems of
plants and animals are being destroyed by human intervention. From
the tiny to the vast, from marshland to meadow, and from Kent to
Glasgow to India to America, they are disappearing. Irreplaceable
is not only a love letter to the haunting beauty of these
landscapes and the wild species that call them home, including
nightingales, lynxes, hornbills, redwoods and elephant seals, it is
also a timely reminder of the vital connections between humans and
nature, and all that we stand to lose in terms of wonder and
wellbeing. This is a book about the power of resistance in an age
of loss; a testament to the transformative possibilities that
emerge when people come together to defend our most special places
and wildlife from extinction. Exploring treasured coral reefs and
remote mountains, tropical jungle and ancient woodland, urban
allotments and tallgrass prairie, Julian Hoffman traces the stories
of threatened places around the globe through the voices of local
communities and grassroots campaigners as well as professional
ecologists and academics. And in the process, he asks what a deep
emotional relationship with place offers us - culturally, socially
and psychologically. In this rigorous, intimate and impassioned
account, he presents a powerful call to arms in the face of
unconscionable natural destruction. 'A terrific book, prescient,
serious and urgent' Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun
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