Kinari Webb, MD, is the founder of Health In Harmony, an international nonprofit dedicated to reversing global heating, understanding that rainforests are essential for the survival of humanity, and a cofounder of Alam Sehat Lestari (ASRI). Dr. Webb graduated from Yale University School of Medicine with honors and currently splits her time between Indonesia, international site assessments, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Guardians of the Trees is her debut.
A Nautilus Book Award Winner
"The strengths of this much needed book are many, from showing the
daily and often dangerous difficulties of research work to the
life- and world-changing importance of not 'educating' local people
but instead collaborating with them in creating economic and
medical systems that make habitat protection and restoration part
of community life."
--New York Journal of Books
"Inspiring...In a compelling narrative, the author shares the
details of her journey and the cultural nuances of the region...A
unique perspective that offers immense hope and direction for
humanity in the face of climate change."
--Kirkus (starred review) "[Webb's] devotion to fighting for the
health of the world and its people remains unflagging, as evidenced
in her galvanizing and hopeful story. Those looking for a jolt of
inspiration would do well to pick this up."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "This really is a journey of
hope, told with an observant eye and an open heart."
--Booklist
"In my experience, only a few people have really earned the right
to ask us to hope. As this magnificent volume makes clear, Kinari
Webb is the exception. Her life is an inspiration, and her openness
and vulnerability helps the rest of us make full empowering use of
that remarkable story. Stay away from these pages unless you're
prepared to be jolted into useful action!"
--Bill McKibben, New York Times bestselling author of The End of
Nature "In Guardians of the Trees, Kinari Webb tells the story of
how she fell in love with a rainforest in Indonesia and how she
worked to save it by listening to and involving the local people
and improving their lives by providing medical facilities. People,
animals and the environment--all are interconnected. Her courage
and perseverance through a series of setbacks and a
life-threatening encounter with a deadly jellyfish fill one with
admiration. A wonderful book."
--Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and
U.N. Messenger of Peace "This book is a wonder. An astonishing
story, a page-turner, beautifully written, that will transport you
deep into the rainforest and out again, transformed. Through her
own remarkable journey, Kinari Webb has found a brilliant way to
unite the healing of people and planet, to save both human lives
and wild nature. So abundant is her passion and commitment that one
can't help but emerge from her riveting story deeply affected,
inspired, and flooded with hope."
--Jennifer Ackerman, New York Times bestselling author of The
Genius of Birds and The Bird Way "Guardians of the Trees is a
completely captivating story rich with lessons about the potential
for personal and planetary transformation. Kinari Webb brings us
along on her inspiring journey and we emerge infused with hard won
and realistic hope for the entwined futures of humans, forests and
the world we inhabit together."
--David Grinspoon, author of Earth in Human Hands "With Borneo as
backdrop as well as foreground, Kinari Webb compellingly shows us
how public health and planetary health are one and the same."
--Christiana Figueres, co-author of The Future We Choose and
co-founder of Global Optimism "Reading Guardians of the Trees left
me, at turns, stunned and elated. At last, a vision for addressing
climate change that rests not on the promise of more technology,
but a return to the most basic tool: listening to the communities
that know the world's forests best."
--Katherine Standefer, author of Lightning Flowers
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