About the Author

Professor Julian Evans OBE FICFor was formerly professor of forestry at Imperial College, prior to which he was the Forestry Commission's Chief Research Officer (South) at the Alice Holt Research Station near Farnham. He has written or was a principal editor of some 16 books on forestry & tree-related subjects. He is currently President of Britain's professional forestry body, the Institute of Chartered Foresters, & Chair of the Forestry Commission's Expert Committee on Forest Science.

Julian served as a non-executive director of Tear Fund for 16 years & is an elder in the leadership team of his church in Hampshire. Julian is married with 3 sons and has 3 granddaughters. In 1997 he was appointed OBE for 'Services to forestry and the third world'.