The past and future of a unique pine population

A Greek professor of forest genetics, Phil Aravanopoulos, travels back to his place of birth, the Lesvos island. Inspired by the father of botany, Theophrastus, who was born and lived on the island, he researches the black pine forest that he cherished since he was a boy. This population of trees is now threatened by climate change.
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Interesting video and story. Great soundtrack. Very well done! Thank you for sharing.

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I certainly enjoy when people are encouraged to take a longer-term perspective... which we lack due to our own mortality.
On the other hand, and as much as I support conservation efforts, sometimes I wonder whether it is our role to interfere with evolution. Previous natural (and cosmic) catastrophes led to mass extinctions, but at the same time they created room for new forms of life to emerge, including ourselves.
Ultimately, I do believe that it is indeed our role at this point in time. After all, it is our civilisation (developed in part because of our fear of death - as Ernest Becker compellingly explained) rather than natural processes that brought about this current, sixth mass extinction.