A coffee-table book called Forests of Hope sounds dire. But this collection
of 12 determinedly upbeat vignettes of villagers and their forests from Costa
Rica to Switzerland is saved by the intelligent humanity of its text, edited by
Christian Küchli. Published by Kogan Page, £19.99, ISBN
1853835056.
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