Fred Hageneder

Fred Hageneder is a naturalist who has written eight books on the ethnobotany of trees and the ecology of forests (The Spirit of Trees, 2000; Yew: A History, 2007; The Living Wisdom of Trees, 2005/2020). His broad view of planetary ecology culminates in the book Healthy Planet: Global Meltdown or Global Healing (2022). He is a founding member of the Ancient Yew Group (AYG), an independent research group working to protect the ancient yew trees of Britain. And he is a member of the Ecocentric Alliance, a network of academics, ecologists, conservationists and activists promoting ecocentrism and a deep green ethic. He lives and works in the UK.