Richard St. Barbe Baker
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Biography
Richard St. Barbe Baker was an English biologist and botanist, environmental activist and author, who contributed greatly to worldwide reforestation efforts.
"Pause in space and go back in time. Explore the genesis of life on this earth and gain a true perspective. A study of the story of the forests of the past is full of romance. How came they into being?"
"Lydick proved that permanent, well-arranged s and crop shelter belts are as much of an asset as barns or plows. They are as essential to agriculture as modern factories are to industry."
"Felling big is dangerous work, especially when the tops of the mighty trees are entangled with creepers."
"The and Cambridge behind, I enlisted in the in Africa. In November 1920, the call came for me to go to Kenya under the ."
"Through Chief Josiah Njonjo, my righthand man, I called for volunteers, for men who would swear before , the High God, that they would protect the native forest, plant so many native trees each year and take care of trees everywhere. The volunteers were called the Watu wa Miti () ..."
"Baker was born in England, educated on the Canadian frontier and at Cambridge, wounded in World War I, and joined the Colonial Service as a forester in Kenya, where he co-founded Men of the Trees (now the ) in 1922 to incite the to reforest their land. He came to appreciate the wisdom of indigenous peoples in protecting the land and forest, and was expelled from the Colonial Service for interposing himself and taking a blow intended for an African."
"He was given this title of "The World's Greatest Conservationist" by ... ..."