Richard St. Barbe Baker

Quotes

• “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.”
• “... New Zealand ... transformation of to and ...The student has an opportunity of studying the various stages of , or witnessing a virgin forest turned into a sheep run. Even a neglected farm will provide valuable data and furnish splendid material for studies of great importance and intense scientific interest. It is possible in a day's ride to study the deterioration of land from virgin forest through successive years of farming or grazing to examples of and s.”
• “The good will place es to attract helpful birds, and farmers will do well to plant and protect to provide nesting places for their feathered friends.Birds are great distributors of tree seeds ...”
• “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 .”

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