Selected by Mongabay as one of 10 notable books on conservation and the environment published in 2023
Jean-Baptiste Vidalou investigates the rise of people fighting for forests around the world he bristles at the idea that something as wild and unruly as a forest needs to be measured to have value He also reflects on what he sees as the limitations of the way we currently approach forests, and in doing so, finds a mirror for human society at large. Mongabay
"We are Forests is the outstanding implementation of a lyrical counter-expertise. Jean-Baptiste Vidalou explains how a political struggle is required to truly understand all the components at stake in our relationship to the environment. If we dont defend a territory, a forest or a lake, we simply see the proposed changes by engineers, administrations and experts as necessary 'progress', smart management, without being sensitive to the ecological devastation at play." Frédéric Neyrat, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"If you, like me, doubt the only way we can see nature is through the data we so obsessively collect and pore over trying to detect all that which we cannot see and wonder if ours is just a newer form of an older, discredited interventionism; or, if, in fact you have pondered about why we still stumble for some kind of 'complete picture' of nature, then this book is for you." Ecos
