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by way of support, etc. It is better to pursue one specific idea and concentrate on it so that worthwhile materials can be collected and certain valid policies can also be drawn from it. If you propose to pursue the studies, please reformulate your project. It should be possible for the Indian council of Social Science Research or even the Ministry of Agriculture to
support such a programme. 23. Copy of letter dated 21-04-1983 of Mr. Edward Goldsmith,
Editor of "The Ecologist" U.K. to S.M. Jain Dear Mr. Jain, I have just read your letter to my secretary Hilary Datchens. I agree with everything you say. Could we not have a copy of the paper you read at the conference on the environment in Delhi, we would love to publish it in The Ecologist. I hope to be in Delhi next January and shall not fail to look you up as I am also very keen to discuss all these issues with you. You might be interested in a little book I did some years ago called the Stable Society which I am sending under separate
mail.
24. Extract Copy of letter Dated 30-03-1983 of Shri. Sunder Lal
Bahuguna, Environmentalist, Silyara, Tehri, Garhwal, U.P to S.M. Jain Dear Mr. Jain, Thank you for your kind letter of March 14th, alongwith your paper and project proposal. I thoroughly read the paper and was delighted to find in you an enthusiastic and learned supporter of my ideas. My dream is to see the whole mankind
living of nuts, fruits, tubers, and other forest products. 25. Copy of letter No. 4000-NRDC(1)/82 dated 22.12.1982 of
Dr. Y. Venkatesham, Chief Engineer (Projects), National
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