Peter Wohlleben

Peter Wohlleben (born 1964) is a German forester and author who writes on ecological themes in popular language. He is the author of the New York Times Bestseller "The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate," which was translated from German into English in 2016.
Background.
After graduation from forestry school in Rottenburg am Neckar, he took up a job as a government wood ranger in the Rhineland-Palatinate in 1987. As he grew more familiar with the woodlands he was overseeing, he became disenchanted due to the damage caused by the techniques and technologies he was expected to employ, including the felling of mature trees and the use of insecticides.
Professionally, Wohlleben manages a beech forest on behalf of the municipality of Hümmel, Germany. He offers regular forest tours at his forest academy.
Writing career.
Wohlleben began publishing books about his views on ecology and forest management in 2007. The appearance of his "Das geheime Leben der Bäume" through Random House's Ludwig imprint led to profiles and reviews in all the major German newspapers, including skeptical pieces in the business press.
The book was featured in a cover story in "Der Spiegel" and appeared on the "Spiegel" bestseller list.
His 2015 book about natural forests, "Das geheime Leben der Bäume:Was sie fühlen, wie sie kommunizieren – die Entdeckung einer verborgenen Welt", ("The Hidden Life of Trees: What they Feel, How they Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World") introduces readers to the world of trees, including Wood-Wide Web, through which nutrition and signals are exchanged among trees.
An English translation was published in September 2016 under the title "" with a foreword by Tim Flannery, published by Greystone Books in partnership with the David Suzuki Institute.
In 2016 he published his book "Das Seelenleben der Tiere," which was translated into English and published under the title "The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion—Surprising Observations of a Hidden World" in 2017. His 2012 book "Kranichflug und Blumenuhr", was translated as "The Weather Detective: Rediscovering Nature's Secret Signs" in 2018. "The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things – Stories from Science and Observation" was released in 2019.
Wohlleben's first book for children available in English was published in October 2019. Called "Can You Hear the Trees Talking?: Discovering The Hidden Life of Forests," it is a young readers' edition of "The Hidden Life of Trees."
The documentary film "Intelligent Trees" features several of Wohlleben's observations. It portrays him alongside Suzanne Simard, a professor of forest ecology at the University of British Columbia, whose research supports most of Wohlleben's observations about communication among trees.