Tag: canopymeg

The Arbornaut in The Globe and Mail

On July 30, 2021, Meg Lowman’s memoir The Arbornaut: A Life Discovering the Eighth Continent in the Trees Above Us being deemed as one of the top four books on protecting trees as a matter of not only our survival, but the survival of the planet by The Globe and Mail. Read the article here. […]

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CanopyMeg Gets a New Look

TREE Foundation executive director Dr. Margaret Lowman, known around the globe as CanopyMeg, is celebrating Earth Day with some exciting news: the development of a

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Saxophonist Nick Roth Unites Music and Science

Nick Roth Music Saxophonist, composer, producer and educator Nick Roth, has created an outstanding dendro-chronographic film — “Crann” — which explores the world of the tree in literature. The film premiered in late December 2020 and is a perfect union of music and science! “I was lucky enough to grow up with old growth forest […]

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Canopy Walkways of the World Map

Scientists estimate that forest canopies are home to 50% of our land-based biodiversity, yet less than 10% of those species remain undiscovered. Canopy walkways offer a unique, education and inspirational means to explore the treetops, and walkways also provide economic incentives for indigenous people to conserve their forests for ecotourism instead of logging. MISSION GREEN […]

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Some trees may ‘social distance’ to avoid disease

From NationalGeographic.com: In some ways, crown shyness is the arboreal version of social distancing, says Meg Lowman, a forest canopy biologist and director of the TREE Foundation. “The minute you start keeping plants from physically touching each other, you can increase productivity,” she says. “That’s the beauty of isolation … The tree is really safeguarding […]

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