Fig Trees Hold It All Together

Fig Trees Hold It All Together

Constant Wonder

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"