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Kaljo Pork (March 30, 1930 - December 2, 1981) was an Estonian botanist. He was affiliated with the Estonian Institute of Zoology and Botany between 1952 and his death in 1981. [1]

Pork was born in the village of Ramma in Järva County. He initiated the creation of Laelatu Biological Station at one of the most species-rich plant community in Europe — a wooded meadow at the western coast of Estonia. [1]

He died in Tartu. [1]

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  1. 1 2 3 "Pork, Kaljo - Eesti Entsüklopeedia". entsyklopeedia.ee. Retrieved 21 January 2022.