Trees are crucial in preserving a liveable future.ampampamp160Canopy of Titansampampamp160makes an eloquent plea for saving one of North Americas last great forests.ampampamp160Elizabeth Kolbert author ofampampamp160The Sixth Extinction An Unnatural Historyampampamp10Inampampamp160Canopy of Titans Paul Koberstein and Jessica Applegate examine the global importance of the Pacificampampamp160Coastal Temperate Rainforest that stretches from Northern California to Alaska. Their urgent and authoritative account sets out the threats facing a vital environmental resource and celebrates the beauty and complexity of one of the worlds great forests.ampampamp160ampampamp10Drawing on years of ontheground reporting Koberstein and Applegate pull back the curtain on policies of governmental bodies that have seriously diminished the rainforestampampamp8217s capacity to store carbon and uncover industry practices that have led to the destruction of swaths of a major ecological resource. Additionally using an environmental justice perspectiveampampamp160Canopy of Titansampampamp160shines a light on the Indigenous communities that have lived in the rainforest for millennia and the impact forest policies have had on their lives.