David Lindenmayer is a world-leading expert in forest ecology and resource management, conservation science and biodiversity conservation. He is a distinguished professor at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at ANU. He currently runs five large-scale, long-term research programs in south-eastern Australia, primarily associated with developing ways to conserve biodiversity in farmland, wood production forests, plantations and reserves. His latest book is The Forest Wars: The ugly truth about what's happening in our tall forests.