Richard St. Barbe Baker

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English Biologist & Environmental Activist (1889-1982)

United Kingdom WritersLived 1889 to 1982 · aged 92

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Richard St. Barbe Baker was an English biologist and botanist, environmental activist and author, who contributed greatly to worldwide reforestation efforts.

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Plaque marking a tree planted by St Barbe Baker in Powerscourt, Enniskerry, Ireland

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Officer of the Order of the British Empire

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Richard St. Barbe Baker was an English biologist and botanist, environmental activist and author, who contributed greatly to worldwide reforestation efforts. As a leader, he founded an organisation, Men of the Trees, still active today as the International Tree Foundation, whose many chapters carry out reforestation internationally.

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