Meeting India's tree planting guru

By Amarnath Tewary BBC News, Bihar

Mr Raju is single-handedly organising the re-forestation of his state (All pics: Prashant Ravi)

An Indian civil servant, SM Raju, has come up with a novel way ofproviding employment to millions of poor in the eastern state of Bihar.

Hiscampaign to encourage people to plant trees effectively addresses twoburning issues of the world: global warming and shrinking jobopportunities.

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