{"product_id":"9781800818712","title":"My Head For A Tree : The Extraordinary Story of the Bishnoi, the World’s First Eco-Warriors","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Goodman, Martin \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eIndia\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 23 January 2025 by Profile Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 272 pages\u003cbr\u003e137 x 207 x 27 | 334g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Sensitive and engaging ... I hope everybody reads it' Brian EnoA SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024With a foreword by Peter WohllebenHow much can one love a tree? Rajasthan, in northern India, is home to the Bishnoi, a community renowned for the extreme lengths they go to in order to protect nature: Bishnoi men and women have died to defend trees from loggers and wildlife from poachers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriter and conservationist Martin Goodman, one of few trusted outsiders, relates the history of the Bishnoi, and asks what a world facing climate change and natural disaster can learn from a 600-year-old sustainable community leading an existence in delicate balance with nature and under threat from rapacious modernity. My Head for a Tree offers a timely reflection on indigenous, community-based activism and how we might adjust our lives to fight for the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46335453233411,"sku":"9781800818712","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781800818712_3cddda8a-c013-4f30-85df-dc7145dd13da.jpg?v=1741604266","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9781800818712","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}