Trees and Forests

From thousand-year-old trees to the great forests of the world, the exhibition invites visitors to discover the life of trees and the diversity of forest ecosystems.

Panel by panel:

• Anatomy of a tree: roots, trunk, leaves and photosynthesis
• Remarkable trees: giants, elders and baobabs
• Broadleaves and conifers, mangroves and swamp trees
• The temperate forest: wildlife, plants, fungi and the forest of Fontainebleau
• The primeval forest of Białowieża, a European treasure
• The tropical rainforest and its layers of life
• The taiga, the Mediterranean forest and the Landes forest

Audience: all ages. Ideal for: an event on forests, International Day of Forests, a school life and earth sciences project.