'It’s time to demand better for nature. We can start by replacing the lie of the land with a profound truth: that any of us can care for the countryside, regardless of whether you own it.'

Guy Shrubsole is a British researcher, writer and campaigner. He wrote Who Owns England?, The Lost Rainforests of Britain (The Sunday Times Science book of the Year 2023)and, most recently, The Lie of the Land.

In addition to this, he is an investigator at Friends of the Earth. He is currently leading their work to double UK forestry cover by 2050 as part of FOE’s ambitions to make space for nature and transition the UK to net zero emissions. Guy led FOE’s successful campaigns to protect Sherwood Forest from fracking, secure new government funding for natural flood measures, and stop a new opencast coal mine at Druridge Bay.

‘If anyone was born to save Britain’s rainforests, it was Guy Shrubsole.’ — The Sunday Times