Finding the Mother Tree

Dr. Suzanne Simard was raised in the Monashee Mountains of British Columbia. She is Professor of Forest Ecology in the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Forestry, and has earned a global reputation for her research on tree connectivity and communication and its impact on the health and biodiversity of forests.

Jonathan Drori is a writer and environmentalist, Trustee of The Eden Project and the Raspberry Pi Foundation, and on the Board of Cambridge University Botanic Garden. He is a member of the Council of Ambassadors of the WWF, an Ambassador for the Woodland Trust and Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Jonathan has previously been Executive Producer and Director of more than fifty prime-time BBC television science and technology documentaries and series. He’s also known for several TED which have been viewed more than 3 million times.