is destroyed every four seconds, affecting climate, biodiversity and the livelihoods of indigenous people. The trees in the Ghost Forest – most of which fell naturally in storms – are intended to represent rainforest trees worldwide; the absence of their trunks is presented as a metaphor for the removal of the world's lungs caused through the loss of our forests." The installation was then exhibited outside the Danish Parliament building in Copenhagen during the UN Climate Change Conference; Oxford University's Museum of Natural History; and it is now in its permanent location at The National Botanic Garden of Wales. Kofi Annan, former Director General of the UN met the artist at the installation in Oxford and former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama arranged for pupils from her 'adopted' school, the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School of North London to visit Palmer and The Ghost Forest during her official visit to Oxford University.[6] References Living people 1957 births Alumni of the Royal College of Art Alumni of the Ruskin School of Art Artists from Aberdeen British women journalists British women sculptors Elle (magazine) writers British glass artists People educated at George Watson's College Scottish painters Scottish sculptors Scottish journalists Scottish women journalists Women glass artists