{"id":20023686,"date":"2018-01-12T14:15:44","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T08:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thethirdpole.net\/?p=23686"},"modified":"2024-06-05T11:58:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T10:58:39","slug":"watch-the-biomimic-tree-at-cop23","status":"publish","type":"video","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/nature\/watch-the-biomimic-tree-at-cop23\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: the biomimic tree at COP23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thethirdpole.net\">thethirdpole.net<\/a> the British artist Silas Birtwistle explained the concept behind his installation at COP23, the biomimic tree?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to highlight the dependence of all living things on a functioning healthy ecosystem,\u201d he said. \u201cThe tree provides food and a home to animals and birds. It also offers shelter from wind and shade from sun, allowing crops to thrive and feed families.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe water running through the tree highlights the increasing importance of water, whose supply is endangered by climate change.\u201d That is why Birtwistle installed it at the Bonn climate summit in November 2017, and is planning to take it to various green conferences around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where did he get his idea? \u201cFrom the hedgerows of England that I saw when I was growing up,\u201d says Birtwistle. \u201cThey support an astonishing variety of life.\u201d But as a Londoner, where did he see hedgerows? \u201cI escaped to the countryside as often as I could.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why is the UN\u2019s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) sponsoring the installation? \u201cWorking with Silas, exhibiting this amazing biomimic tree, we show the very real challenge of climate change and environmental sustainability for smallholder 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