Rowan Reid

Why do we assume trees can only be grown for either conservation or profit, but never both? What if there was a way that landholders could profit from harvesting timber from the trees they plant for stock shelter, biodiversity, soil erosion control, and beautification—whilst also helping control climate change? Almost ten years since the initial publication of Heartwood, Rowan Reid...

Heartwood challenges the entrenched view that when it comes to forests, one is either a conservationist or a profiteer. Forest scientist Rowan Reid draws on over twenty years of experience and study to offer a third way: where growing trees for profit can have a positive environmental impact. He challenges the ideological poles that dominate the debate and offers a...