Tir by Carwyn Graves

Tir by Carwyn Graves

In Tir – the Welsh word for ‘land’ – writer and ecologist Carwyn Graves takes us on a tour of seven key elements of the Welsh landscape, such as the ffridd, or mountain pasture, and the rhos, or wild moorland. By diving deep into the history and ecology of each of these landscapes, we discover that Wales, in all its beautiful variety, is at base just as much a human cultural creation as a natural phenomenon: its raw materials evolved alongside the humans that have lived here since the ice receded.


In our modern era of climate concerns and polarised debates on land use, diet and more, it matters that we understand the world we are in and the roads we travelled to get here. By exploring each of these key landscapes and meeting the people who live, work and farm in them, Tir offers hope for a better future; one with stunningly beautiful, richly biodiverse landscapes that are ten times richer in wildlife than they currently are, and still full of humans working the land.

Carwyn Graves is author of Apple of Wales and a was instrumental in establishing the national collection of Welsh varieties at the National Botanic Garden of Wales.

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ISBN 13	9781915279675
ISBN 10	1915279674
Title	Tir
Author	Carwyn Graves
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Wales Press
Year published	2026-02-19
Number of pages	240
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