Caspar Henderson

Nature fights back with tooth and claw as we persist in destroying it

Its healing qualities are well-known, but when we despoil the natural world, it very evidently comes back to plague us

Destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Credit: Getty Images 
issue 28 March 2020
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