Fig Trees Hold It All Together
Constant Wonder - Season 2022, Episode 909 , Segment 1
Figs Maintain Biodiversity
Episode: Figs Maintain Biodiversity
- Mar 11, 2021 8:00 pm
- 38:03 mins
Major (and minor) world religions have taboos against chopping down fig trees. Here are some biological reasons why that taboo may have existed. Fig trees are essential to maintaining many healthy ecosystems around the world. Guest: Mike Shanahan, forestry, biodiversity and climate change consultant; author of "Gods, Wasps and Stranglers: The Secret History and Redemptive Future of Fig Trees"