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100			_aRichard
245		0	_aMan of the trees (1889-1982)
260			_aNew Delhi
260			_bIndian National Trust for Art and Culture heritage
260			_c1989
300			_a97 p.
520			_aFor those of us who have a stake in the survival of our planet, the year 1989 has a special significance. It marks the centenary of the birth of a man who gave to the world a simple, workable message that would ensure that sur vival: "Plant more trees". Richard St. Barbe Baker was by any account a remarkable man. Conservator, forester, founder of "Men of the Trees", a conservation group in Kenya, he was perhaps far ahead of his time. In his long, full life he single-mindedly dedicated himself to saving the living planet through the restoration of the earth's eco logical equilibrium, at a time when hardly any one was talking about ecology.
650			_aConservation of natural resources
700			_aRamesh, Indira (ed.)
700			_aJayal, N.D. (ed.)
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