Wohlleben’s follow-up argument is that forests are better at adapting than we credit, and that most of what we call forest management gets in the way. Trees pass on learned drought responses to their offspring, which is inheritance without genetics. Old trees shelter young ones and regulate the microclimate for miles. Then he goes hard at commercial forestry — plantation monocultures sold as climate solutions, the wood-pellet trade, the salvage logging after fires — and argues the fastest carbon strategy available is to leave large areas alone and let them do it themselves.
The Power of Trees