Healthy Forests for Healthy People What better way to celebrate World Forest Day I thought, than to go out and spend an hour or two in the bush, especially as this year’s theme is Healthy Forests, Healthy People. It certainly felt that way. The air was fresh. Birds sang. Butterflies fluttered around in the clearing and there were a few fungi about. I was having a lovely time, but alas, on the way back I tripped over a rock and broke my arm. It's really hard for me to write for now, so forgive me if I keep this short - it may also be a bit scrambled, but there are some other thoughts I wanted to share with you about forests. You can also read more here or here. While not too healthy for me on this occasion, forests do do wonderful things for us. Not only do they provide for many of our physical needs such as food, shelter, medicine and even the air we breathe - but to quote Julia Klöckner, Germany's Minister for Agriculture, at a 2019 summit as to w...
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