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We look out a window and see timber, not trees; meat, not wildlife; land for building, not a meadow for bees.

A new book challenges us to work together on the community level to grant sovereignty to forests and animals.

When I first learned about Gregory Tague's new book , Forest Sovereignty: Wildlife Sustainability and Ethics , in which he speaks for the trees, I thought, Wow, this really is a novel take on the importance of forests not only for these amazing beings but also for all of the other flora and the fauna whose lives depend on trees. I wasn't wrong. Here's what Tague had to say about his challenging and forward-looking book.

Marc Bekoff: Why did you write Forest Sovereignty ?

Gregory Tague: In 2020 I published An Ape Ethic and The Question of Perso

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