Trees are at the heart of our country - we should learn their Indigenous names | Jakelin Troy

From Australia to the Andes, indigenous peoples understand that trees sustain us and are part of our human worldThe last time I went back to my Country in the Snowy Mountains, I noticed tree after tree felled, chopped down seemingly without thought.For me, it was unfathomable. First Peoples worldwide have fundamentally and always understood trees to be community members for us - they are not entities that exist in some biological separateness, given a Linnaean taxonomy and classed with other non-sentient beings. Trees are part of our mob, part of our human world and active members of our communities, with lives, loves and feelings. Continue reading...