Brett M. Bennett is Associate Professor of History at Western Sydney University, Australia, and the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His publications include Plantations and Protected Areas: A Global History of Forest Management (2015). Gregory A. Barton is Professor of History at Western Sydney University, Australia, and the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His publications include The Global History of Organic Farming (2018).
"""You might imagine no one worried much about human impacts on the climate (particularly through deforestation) before the last thirty years. Not so! This elegant and meticulously researched history excavates a fascinating record of investigations into those critical themes, traversing effortlessly from the USA and Europe to India, Africa and South America. In so doing, it provides a timely and significant reflection on contemporary discussions about both the science and the politics of climate change.""--Sir Jonathon Porritt, cofounder of Forum for the Future and author of ""Hope in Hell: A Decade to Confront the Climate Emergency"""