Species-rich forests mean a healthy planet
We asked you on Twitter for your favourite trail running environment.
We thought mountains would win by a mile. Nearly every Instagram trail photo is of happy people standing atop summits, after all!
The results surprised us. Forests got nearly 50% of the vote.
But hang on, should this be surprising? Forests (real forests, not plantations) are magical places. There's something about their something seen, something hidden personality that instils awe and mystery.
In a brilliant piece titled Accidental Rewilding, published on aeon.co, British environmentalist George Monbiot witnesses what happens when wild forests return. "In places once thick with farms and cities, human dispossession and war has cleared the ground for nature to return."
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