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Merlin Hanbury-Tenison

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Merlin Hanbury-Tenison is a Cornish conservationist and veteran who founded The Thousand Year Trust, Britain’s rainforest charity. The charity’s mission is to catalyse the movement to triple Britain’s rainforest cover to one million acres in the next thirty years. His work has been featured in National Geographic, the Guardian and on the BBC. Merlin lives in a rainforest in Cornwall with his wife Lizzie, an entrepreneur and business advisor, and their two young daughters.

Books by Merlin Hanbury-Tenison

Our Oaken Bones

Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize, this indie bestseller now in paperback speaks to mental health, the healing power of nature, and how we need to heal it in return – with a blueprint for restoring Britain’s rainforests.

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