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Long Now Foundation | Mother Tree Project | Suzanne Simard @longnow | Uploaded July 2021 | Updated October 2024, 21 minutes ago.
Forest Ecologist Suzanne Simard outlines her century-long experiment, The Mother Tree Project.

From the Long Now Seminar, “Mother Trees and the Social Forest” by Suzanne Simard.
Watch the full talk here: youtu.be/m4SSZKZMfn8

Forest Ecologist Suzanne Simard reveals that trees are part of a complex, interdependent circle of life; that forests are social, cooperative creatures connected through underground mycorrhizal networks by which trees communicate their vitality and vulnerabilities, and share and exchange resources and support.

Simard's extraordinary research and tenacious efforts to raise awareness on the interconnectedness of forest systems, both above and below ground, has revolutionized our understanding of forest ecology. This increasing knowledge is driving a call for more sustainable practices in forestry and land management, ones that develop strategies based on the forest as a whole entity, not on trees as isolated individuals.

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