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One Tree (Hardcover)
Gretchen C. Daily, Charles J Katz; Foreword by Alvaro Umana
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Through words and photographs, environmental scientist Gretchen C.
Daily and photographer Charles J. Katz describe how one relict
tree-the magnificent Ceiba pentandra in Sabalito, Costa
Rica-carries physical and spiritual importance. The people in the
town of Sabalito call the tree la ceiba, a term said to be derived
from a Taino word referring to a type of wood used for making
canoes in the West Indies. Ceiba evokes times and places where
people hollowed out the great cylindrical trunks and glided along
languid rivers winding through lush tropical forest. Today the tree
is known by different names in regions ranging from southern Mexico
and the Caribbean to the southern edge of the Amazon Basin and in
western Africa. The ceiba has survived what is probably the highest
rate of tropical deforestation in the world. It is a legendary and
vital tree in centuries-old forests in places like Costa Rica that
were once almost completely forested (98 percent in the
mid-twentieth century) and decades later have suffered devastating
deforestation (34 percent by 1980). One Tree grew out of a
conversation between photographer Chuck Katz and acclaimed
ecologist Gretchen Daily about the relict tree-a single tree that
remains standing in a pasture, for example, after the forest has
been cleared from the land, and takes on iconic importance for the
animals, plants, and people in the ecosystem. During a trip the
authors took to Costa Rica, Katz focused his lens on the ceiba and
a story was born. In descriptive language interwoven with
scientific fact, Daily discusses the tree's historical and natural
history and the ceiba species in general. She touches on the
science of the Costa Rican rainforest and its deforestation and the
cultural traditions, legends, and folklore of forests and relict
trees. Katz's photographs of the massive tree and the village that
takes care of it create an intimate work celebrating the visual and
biological intricacies of trees.
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