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The world's forests are a shared stolen treasure that we must put back for our children's future

Desmond Tutu

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Desmond Tutu
Age: 92
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
Activist
Anglican Priest
Non-Fiction Writer
Archbisphop Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu
Environment
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Nature
Back
Must
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Children
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World
Forests
Treasure

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